Data collection Period: May 7th Thu- May 13th Wed, 2026
*The previous ranking is based on a comparison with the period from April 23rd Thu to April 29th Wed, 2026. (Unless otherwise stated, it is a new release.)

<Top 15 Business (Management) Stories>

1st: Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Sumitomo as General Knowledge (Previous: 2nd) Kiyohiro Yamakawa / Asuka Shinsha 2nd: Company Quarterly Report Industry Map 2026 Edition (Previous: 4th) Edited by Toyo Keizai Inc. / Toyo Keizai Inc. 3rd: The World's Most Enjoyable Way to Read Financial Statements (Previous: 6th) Random Walker of Otemachi / KADOKAWA 4th: The Science of Office Politics (Previous: 9th) Takuma Kimura / Nikkei Business Publications 5th: Financial Analysis & Finance Learned Through Accounting Quizzes (Previous: 8th) Shigeru Nishiyama / Nikkei BP 6th: The Evolution of Management Strategy: Theory Edition Masahiro Kotosaka / Toyo Keizai Inc. 7th: Internal Control [A Full-Fledged Introduction] (Previous: 10th) Makoto Oyama / Socim 8th: McKinsey-Style Why Do Results Change with the Same Effort? (Previous: 1st) McKinsey Academy, Takanori Sakamoto / Nikkei Business Publications 9th: Genius Thinking (Previous: 13th) Ryohei Yamazaki / Nikkei BP 10th: New Edition Lifestyle by Kazuo Inamori / Sunmark Publishing 11th place Stock Valuation for Lawyers (Previous: 5th place) by Hidetoshi Iida / Yuhikaku 12th place The Man Who Destroyed the Sony Myth (Previous: 7th place) by Hiroshi Kodama / Shogakukan 13th place Things You Should Know Before Becoming an Entrepreneur by Shoichiro Iwata / PHP Institute 14th place Tourism Business by Hidekazu Naito / Impress 15th place The Science of Entrepreneurship: Startup Science 2 by Masayuki Tadokoro / Diamond Inc.

<Top 15 Business (Self-Improvement) Tips>

1. Don't Try Too Hard to Be Thoughtful - Kimiko Suenaga / PHP Institute 2. Good People Succeed (Previous Rank: 2nd) - Kenta Nagakura / Subarusha 3. The Great Encyclopedia of Scientifically Proven Habits (Previous Rank: 4th) - Shugo Hotta / SB Creative 4. THE BEST WORK: Living Your Best Job (Previous Rank: 3rd) - Takehito Hara / Sunmark Publishing 5. 115 Habits of People Who Are Highly Valued by Their Companies (Previous Rank: 6th) - Shinji Koshikawa / Diamond Inc. 6. Amazing Journaling - Daiki Kikuchi / Sanctuary Publishing 7. DIE WITH ZERO: The Ultimate Rules for an Overly Rich Life (Previous Rank: Unranked) - B. Perkins / Diamond Inc. 8. All Techniques of AI Output (Previous Rank: 5th)- Masaaki Kamioka / Ascom 9. The Textbook of Drafts - Masahiro Hagiwara / Toyo Keizai Inc. 10. Your Own AI Employee (Previous Rank: 7th) - Ryota Tanaka / East Press 11. Start with the Issue Revised Edition (Previous Rank: 13th) Kazuto Ataka / Eiji Publishing 12th Editor's Feedback Yohei Sadoshima / Impress 13th The Work of a Project Leader Toru Yoshihashi / Nikkei BP 14th A Cafe at the End of the World Where You Can Find What You Want to Do (Previous Rank: Unranked) John Strelki / Diamond Inc. 15th What Do the World's Top Performers Teach Their "Subordinates"? (Previous Rank: 12th) P.F. Grzywacz / Cross Media Publishing

<Top 15 Economic and Financial Topics>

1. Money Market Introduction (Previous Rank: 1) by Takahiro Hattori / Nihon Hyoronsha 2. The Absolute Basics of Investing You Can't Ask About Now: Visual Edition (Previous Rank: 3) by Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications 3. Imprinting Trust on Currency by Masaaki Shirakawa / Nikkei Business Publications 4. The Millionaire's Guide for Cunning People (Previous Rank: 6) by Mykey Yoshihito Sano / KADOKAWA 5. Orkan Thinking (Previous Rank: 5) by Hideo Shirota / Gakken 6. AI Growth Strategy for the Japanese Economy (Previous Rank: 2) by Kazuhiko Tomiyama / Bungei Shunju 7. Secret History of Global Finance by Masato Kanda / Bungei Shunju 8. ChatGPT's Strongest Investment Prompts 67 13th: (Previous: 12th) Fan Yingfan / Toyo Keizai Inc. 9th: Money University to Achieve True Freedom (Previous: Unranked) Ryo @ President of Liber University / Asahi Shimbun Publications 10th: Principles for Dealing with Changes in the World Order (Previous: Unranked) Ray Dalio / Nikkei Business Publications 11th: Please Teach Me How to Save 100 Million Yen! (Previous: 11th) Tachibana Rei / Bunkyosha 12th: Corporate Finance: Strategy and Practice (Previous: Unranked) Tanaka Shinichi / Diamond Inc. 13th: The Eve of the Great Crash (Previous: Unranked) Jim Rogers / President Inc. 14th : Living with Capitalism. Shinagawa Kosuke / Daiwa Shobo 15th : When Dollar Hegemony Ends (Previous: Unranked) Kenneth Rogoff / Nikkei BP

<Top 10 Literary Books>

1st place In the Megachurch (Previous: 1st place) Ryo Asai / Nikkei Business Publications 2nd place boutique Jun Ikeido / Diamond Inc. 3rd place New History of Japanese Literature Kaho Miyake / Tankosha 4th place Spoilers ahead (Previous ranking: 8th) Atsushi Shimomura / Kobunsha 5th place blue sky (Previous ranking: 10th) Masayasu Wakabayashi / Bungei Shunju 6th place The art of navigating life at a 45-degree angle (Previous ranking: 7th) Satoshi Ogawa / CE Media House 7th place Ripe persimmon (Previous ranking: Unranked) Masago Sato / KADOKAWA 8th place On a beautiful moonlit night, I wanted someone to remember me. Sae Kawashiro / Sunmark Publishing 9th place Novelistic thinking for verbalization (Previous ranking: Unranked) Tetsuya Ogawa / Kodansha 10th place Hitman's Sales Techniques (Previous ranking: Unranked) Yu Nomiya / Kodansha

Data collection Period: April 1st Wed- April 30th Thu, 2026

1. Master English in 100 Days: 10 Minutes a Day of Native English Copying by Brett Lindsay / Sunmark Publishing 2. In the Megachurch by Ryo Asai / Nikkei Business Publications 3. TOEIC L&R TEST Essential Vocabulary: Golden Phrases, Revised and Expanded Edition by TEX Kato / Asahi Shimbun Publishing 4. Introduction to Money Markets by Takahiro Hattori / Nihon Hyoronsha 5. THE BEST WORK: Living Your Best Job by Takehito Hara / Sunmark Publishing