Data collection Period: July 16th Thu- July 22nd Wed, 2026
*The previous ranking is based on a comparison with the period from July 2nd Thu to July 8th Wed, 2026. (Unless otherwise stated, it is a new release.)

<Top 15 Business (Management) Stories>

1st: Bain Capital (Previous: 4th) Bain Capital / Nikkei BP 2nd: The Impact of Physical AI (Previous: 3rd) Michiaki Tanaka / Asahi Shimbun Publications 3rd: People Who Will Become Smarter and Those Who Will Become Worse in the Age of AI (Previous: 7th) Mizuki Oka / Nikkei BP 4th: Seven Dramatic Changes (Previous: 6th) Kentaro Kawabe / Toyo Keizai Inc. 5th: Feedback Management (Previous: 2nd) Masamune Mimura / Nikkei BP 6th : An Introduction to Kenichi Ohmae Kenichi Ohmae / President Inc. 7th: The World's Most Enjoyable Way to Read Financial Statements (Previous: 13th) Otemachi Random Walker / KADOKAWA 8th: The Best Lessons Bankruptcy (Previous Rank: 11th) Shigehisa Murakami / Yamato Shobo 9th Introduction to "Bookkeeping" as General Knowledge (Previous Rank: 15th) Tomoaki Kaneko / Nihon Jitsugyo Publishing 10th Generative AI x Introduction to Accounting and Bookkeeping Practices (Previous Rank: 5th) Keisuke Shirai / Nihon Jitsugyo Publishing 11th The Science of Office Politics (Previous Rank: Unranked) Takuma Kimura / Nikkei Business Publications 12th Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Sumitomo as General Knowledge (Previous Rank: 14th) Kiyohiro Yamakawa / Asuka Shinsha 13th Kotler's Marketing 6.0 Philip Kotler / Asahi Shimbun Publications 14th That's Why I Can't Quit Venture Capital Osamu Iwasawa / Discover Twenty-One 15th Management Strategy Handbook Kazuhiro Mishina / Toyo Keizai Inc.

<Top 15 Business (Self-Improvement) Tips>

1. Study Methods for Exhausted People (Previous Rank: 1) Shugo Hotta / Toyo Keizai Inc. 2. The Great Encyclopedia of Scientifically Proven Habits (Previous Rank: 2) Shugo Hotta / SB Creative 3. AI as a Subordinate (Previous Rank: 3) Tsuyoshi Ushio / Bungei Shunju 4. RETIRE SHIFT Shunsuke Yamazaki / Toyo Keizai Inc. 5. THE BEST WORK: Living the "Best Job" (Previous Rank: 7) Takehito Hara / Sunmark Publishing 6. Why Doesn't What's "Right" Resonate? Verbalizing Logic and Emotion Hiroko Sawaragi / Soshim 7. Life is 100% Work Ayumu Kodama / Subarusha 8. A Textbook for Making a Big Difference in Your 20s Kosuke Iwano / Achievement Publishing 9. Why Do "Smart People" Gather and Make Stupid Decisions? Hajime Ota / Nikkei Business Publications 10. Start with the Issue Revised Edition (Previous Ranking: Unranked) Kazuto Ataka / Eiji Publishing 11th: Innate Intelligence Switch (Previous Ranking: 9th) Katsuhisa Kinoshita / Diamond, Inc. 12th: The Magic of Questions: "Good Questions" Solve Everything (Previous Ranking: 4th) Masanori Kawada / Ascom 13th: Amazing Journaling (Previous Ranking: 8th) Daiki Kikuchi / Sanctuary Publishing 14th: Strategic Speaking for Leaders Who Are Respected Megumi Abe / Mikasa Shobo 15th: DIE WITH ZERO: The Ultimate Rules for an Overly Rich Life (Previous Ranking: 13th) B. Perkins / Diamond, Inc.

<Top 15 Economic and Financial Topics>

1. Poor Japan (Previous: 2nd) Rei Tachibana / President Inc. 2. The Absolute Basics of Investing You Can't Ask About Now: Visual Edition (Previous: 7th) Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications 3. Investment Strategies After the AI Bubble Hitoshi Nakamura / Diamond Inc. 4. Economics That Explains Micro and Macro Simultaneously Shinya Kato / Kanki Publishing 5. Stock Investments That Saved a Mom Investor 100 Million Yen During Maternity Leave (Previous: 4th) Choruko / Diamond Inc. 6. The Disappearance of US Dollar Bills (Previous: 3rd) Takahiko Soejima / Bookstore 7. Introduction to Money Markets (Previous: 11th) Takahiro Hattori / Nihon Hyoronsha 8. Money University to Gain True Freedom (Previous: 8th) Ryo @ Liber University President / Asahi Shimbun Publications 9. The Practice of a PE Fund Controller (Previous: 6th) Hitoshi Yamaguchi / Chuo Keizai-sha 10. Land and Power: The "World's Oldest Asset" That Dominates the Economy Mike Byrd / Hayakawa Shobo 11. Living with Capitalism. (Previous: 13th) Koryo Shinagawa / Daiwa Shobo 12th Imprinting Trust on Currency Masaaki Shirakawa / Nikkei Business Publications 13th Textbook for First-Year Stock Investors (Previous: 15th) Hiromitsu Kawakita / Toyo Keizai Inc. 14th The Ultimate Stock Investment: Earning 1.2 Million Yen in Annual Dividends Before Quitting Your Job (Previous: 5th) Taro Dividend / Cross Media Publishing 15th Please Tell Me How to Save 100 Million Yen! (Previous: Unranked) Rei Tachibana / Bunkyosha

<Top 10 Literary Books>

1st place Kaho (Previous: 1st place) Haruki Murakami / Shinchosha 2nd place Zombie Collector Chito Kosagawa / Kodansha 3rd place Kengwai (Previous ranking: Unranked) Kasumi Asakura / Kobunsha 4th place Three people in the housing complex Chiyo Fujino / U-NEXT 5th place In the Megachurch (Previous: 2nd place) Ryo Asai / Nikkei Business Publications 6th place polygamous marriage story (Previous: 3rd place) Yu Nagira / Kodansha 7th place Fire Dome (Top) (Previous ranking: 5th) Mizuki Tsujimura / Shogakukan 8th place What goes on inside the heads of people who read books super fast? (Murder case) Tomoyuki Shirai / Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha 9th place Think for yourself Knowledge for Waiting for the Morning / Kodansha 10th place kingdom Kanae Minato / 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