Data collection Period: July 30, 2026 Thu- August 5, 2026 Wed
*The previous ranking is based on a comparison with the period from July 16th Thu to July 22nd Wed, 2026. (Unless otherwise stated, it is a new release.)

<Top 15 Business (Management) Stories>

1st place What if Buddha was the CEO of a company that was about to go bankrupt? (Previous ranking: Unranked) Koichiro Shimizu / Gakken 2nd place Bain Capital (Previous: 1st place) Bain Capital / Nikkei BP 3rd place Management that uses words as a weapon. Satoshi Umeda / Nikkei Business Publications 4th place Even if you lose, keep running. Seiichi Takarabe / NewsPicks 5th place Experience can be turned into money Kenta Nagakura / Sosim 6th place Discussing compliance Naoto Nakamura / Commercial Law Office 7th place HRBP: Human Resources Supporting Strategy Execution Masanori Kato / Eiji Publishing 8th place Feedback Management (Previous ranking: 5th) Masamune Mimura / Nikkei BP 9th place The Impact of Physical AI (Previous: 2nd place) Michiaki Tanaka / Asahi Shimbun Publications 10th place M&A as General Knowledge: Written by Japan's First M&A-Focused Firm Recof Research Department / Nikkei Business Publications 11th place Brand shift Ray Inamoto / Toyo Keizai Inc. 12th place In the age of AI, some people will become smarter, while others will become less so. (Previous: 3rd place) Mizuki Oka / Nikkei BP 13th place An Introduction to Kenichi Ohmae (Previous ranking: 6th) Kenichi Ohmae / President Inc. 14th place 7 major changes (Previous ranking: 4th) Kentaro Kawabe / Toyo Keizai Inc. 15th place The World's Most Enjoyable Way to Read Financial Statements (Previous ranking: 7th) Otemachi Random Walker / KADOKAWA

<Top 15 Business (Self-Improvement) Tips>

1st: Essential Skills for the AI Era: A Complete Guide to Intelligence by Shion Kabasawa / Sanctuary Publishing 2nd: Study Methods for Exhausted People (Previous Rank: 1st) by Shugo Hotta / Toyo Keizai Inc. 3rd: Why Do "Smart People" Gather and Make Stupid Decisions? (Previous Rank: 9th) by Hajime Ota / Nikkei Business Publications 4th: What Do the World's Top Performers Do on Weekday Evenings? by Shinji Koshikawa / Cross Media Publishing 5th: Life Makes a Difference by Age 38! Kenta Nagakura / East Press 6th place Scientifically Proven Encyclopedia of Amazing Habits (Previous: 2nd place) Shugo Hotta / SB Creative 7th place AI as a Subordinate (Previous: 3rd place) Tsuyoshi Ushio / Bungei Shunju 8th place RETIRE SHIFT: Retirement Strategies for the 100-Year Life Era (Previous: 4th place) Shunsuke Yamazaki / Toyo Keizai Inc. 9th place DIE WITH ZERO: The Ultimate Rules for an Overly Rich Life (Previous: 15th place) B. Perkins / Diamond Inc. 10th place Start with the Issue Revised Edition (Previous: 10th place) Kazuto Ataka / Eiji Publishing 11th place Why Doesn't What's "Right" Resonate? The Art of Verbalizing Logic and Emotion (Previous: 6th place) Hiroko Sawaragi / Soshim 12th place Strategic Speaking Style of a Respected Leader (Previous: 14th place) Megumi Abe / Mikasa Shobo 13th place Shoot in Three Lines Expanded Edition by Kotaro Kondo / CE Media House 14th Turn Off Your Brain (Previous Ranking: Unranked) by Marc Ticherer / Nikkei BP 15th What Smart People Think About First by Katsuhiro Okazaki / Mikasa Shobo

<Top 15 Economic and Financial Topics>

1. The Basics of Economic Indicators: Deciphering the Future from Numbers by Sawako Yasuda / Subarusha 2. Mabuchi-style! The World Map of Investment by Mariko Mabuchi / Daiwa Shobo 3. Economics that Explains Micro and Macro Simultaneously (Previous Rank: 4th) by Shinya Kato / Kanki Publishing 4. Poor Japan (Previous Rank: 1st) by Rei Tachibana / President Inc. 5. Economic Indicators as a Weapon by Koichi Fujishiro / Daiwa Shobo 6. The Absolute Basics of Investment You Can't Ask About Now: Visual Edition, Revised New Edition (Previous Rank: 2nd) by Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications 7. Stock Investment: How a Mom Investor Saved 100 Million Yen During Maternity Leave (Previous Rank: 5th) by Choruko / Diamond Inc. 8. Commentary on Key Points Business Regulations under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act by Yuto Ogoshi / Financial and Fiscal Affairs Research Association ( 9th place) The Disappearance of Nomura Securities by Noriyuki Morimoto / Business Publishing (10th place) The Practice of PE Fund Controller (Previous: 9th place) by Hitoshi Yamaguchi / Chuo Keizai-sha (11th place) The Disappearance of US Dollar Bills (Previous: 6th place) by Takahiko Soejima / Bookstore (12th place) Economic Growth by Kenichi Ueda / Nihon Hyoronsha (13th place) Why the World's New Rich Don't Buy the "All-Japan S&P 500" (Previous: Unranked) by Saki Miyawaki / KADOKAWA (14th place) Investment Strategies After the AI Bubble (Previous: 3rd place) by Hitoshi Nakamura / Diamond Inc. (15th place) The Absolute Basics of Money You Can't Ask About Now: Visual Edition, Revised New Edition (Previous: Unranked) by Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications (16th place)

<Top 10 Literary Books>

1st place Eternal memories Keigo Higashino/Bungei Shunju 2nd place Kaho (Previous: 1st place) Haruki Murakami / Shinchosha 3rd place The soup to start, summer jelly Maiko Seo / Shinchosha 4th place Hayabusa Fire Brigade: The Path Leading into the Forest Jun Ikeido / Shueisha 5th place In the Megachurch (Previous ranking: 5th) Ryo Asai / Nikkei Business Publications 6th place Paradise Haruo Yuki / Kodansha 7th place Octopus, celery, avocado Akari Hasegawa / Bungei Shunju 8th place The Hitman's Guide to Climbing the Business Yu Nomiya / Kodansha 9th place Zombie Collector (Previous: 2nd place) Chito Kosagawa / Kodansha 10th place Love even my shadow Yuka Kageyama / Magazine House

Data collection Period: June 1st Mon- June 30th Tue, 2026

1. Master English in 100 Days: 10 Minutes a Day of Native English Copying by Brett Lindsay / Sunmark Publishing 2. Fire Dome by Mizuki Kamitsujimura / Shogakukan 3. The Impact of Physical AI by Michiaki Tanaka / Asahi Shimbun Publications 4. Tales of Multi-Species Marriage by Yu Nagira / Kodansha 5. Technological Republic by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska / Nikkei Business Publications