Data collection Period: March 26, 2026 Thu- April 1, 2026 Wed
*The previous ranking is based on a comparison with the period from March 12th Thu to March 18th Wed, 2026. (Unless otherwise stated, it is a new release.)

<Top 15 Business (Management) Stories>

1st: Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Sumitomo as General Knowledge - Kiyohiro Yamakawa / Asuka Shinsha 2nd: "Company Quarterly Report" Industry Map 2026 Edition (Previous: 6th)- Edited by Toyo Keizai Inc. / Toyo Keizai Inc. 3rd: The World's Most Enjoyable Way to Read Financial Statements (Previous: 8th) - Random Walker of Otemachi / KADOKAWA 4th: Naval Lavicant (Previous: 2nd) - E. Jorgenson / Sunmark Publishing 5th: Reversal AI Strategy for Leaders - Tetsuya Tani / Senden Kaigi 6th: Mechanism for Creating Securities Reports that Eliminate Mistakes and Waste - Takara Printing Co., Ltd., Takara Printing D&IR Research Institute / Chuo Keizai Sha 7th: IT Roadmap 2026 Edition - Nomura Research Institute / Toyo Keizai Inc. 8th: Impairment Test (Previous: 4th) - Nobuhiro Suga / Chuo Keizai Sha 9th: AI Agent x Business Reform: A Practical Textbook - Fortience Consulting / Nikkei BP 10. The Science of Office Politics (Previous: 5th) Takuma Kimura / Nikkei Business Publications 11. The Way of Life Kazuo Inamori / Sunmark Publishing 12. Financial Accounting Lectures Hisakatsu Sakurai / Chuo Keizai-sha 13. Things You Should Know Before Becoming an Entrepreneur (Previous: 3rd) Shoichiro Iwata / PHP Institute 14. "Job Satisfaction" Can Be Systematized (Previous: 1st) Masaya Tanaka, Naoya Osawa / Seishun Publishing 15. Globis MBA Keyword Framework Globis / Diamond, Inc.

<Top 15 Business (Self-Improvement) Tips>

1. How to Make Money Even Without Talent, Education, Savings, or Knowledge - Hiroki Nakajo / SB Creative 2. THE BEST WORK (Previous Rank: 1st) - Takehito Hara / Sunmark Publishing 3. The Great Encyclopedia of Scientifically Proven Habits (Previous Rank: 4th) - Shugo Horita / SB Creative 4. Your Own AI Employee (Previous Rank: 5th) - Ryota Tanaka / East Press 5. AI Agent Work Techniques (Previous Rank: 7th) - Suguru Sato / SB Creative 6. Inside the Mind of a High-Performing Person (Previous Rank: 14th) -Taichi Kogure / Diamond Inc. 7. DIE WITH ZERO: The Ultimate Rules for an Overly Rich Life (Previous Rank: 10th) - B. Perkins / Diamond Inc. 8. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (Previous Rank: Unranked) - G. McKeown / Kanki Publishing 9. What People Who Are Good at "Explaining" Always Keep in Mind (Previous Rank: 8th) - Takeshi Inuzuka / Sunmark Publishing 10. Start with the Issue Revised Edition (Previous Rank: 13th) Kazuto Ataka / Eiji Publishing 11th People up to 100 million, people from 100 million (Previous Rank: 6th) Kei Tanaka / Bookstore 12th Textbook for First-Year Employees (Previous Rank: Unranked) Daisuke Iwase / Diamond Inc. 13th The First Book to Read When You Have Subordinates (Previous Rank: Unranked) Takuya Hashimoto / Achievement Publishing 14th Now, Awaken Your Talents (Last Edition) (Previous Rank: Unranked) Jim Clifton / Nikkei Business Publications 15th Overwhelming Results Learned at Google Kozo Nakatani / Discover Twenty-One

<Economics/Finance Top 15>

1st place Introduction to Money Markets Takahiro Hattori / Nihon Hyoronsha 2nd place The Secret History of World Finance Masato Kanda / Bungei Shunju 3rd place Japan's Economic AI Growth Strategy (Previously: 2nd place) Kazuhiko Toyama/Bungeishunju 4th place Japan Economic Map (Previously: 14th place) President Suashi/Kanki Publishing 5th place Stocks will always go up. (Previous ranking: 12th) Takashi Hiroki / Nikkei BP 6th place Living with capitalism. (Previously: 9th place) Koryo Shinagawa / Yamato Shobo 7th place The world runs on debt Richard Veig/Toyo Keizai Inc. 8th place Principles for addressing changes in the world order (Previous ranking: 7th) Ray Dalio / Nikkei Business Publications 9th place Taizo Sugimura's recommended stock "solid" investment technique Taizo Sugimura/Bungeishunju 10th place The Super Basics of Investing: A Visual Guide (Last time: 3rd place) Michiko Izumi/Asahi Shimbun Publications 11th place Investor's Handbook for Financial Market Forecasting, 8th Edition (Previous ranking: Unranked) Mitsui Bank Market Business / NHK Publishing 12th place Please tell me how to save 100 million yen! (Previous ranking: 5th) Rei Tachibana/Bunkyosha 13th place A book that clearly explains the latest real estate funds, 3rd edition (Previous ranking: Unranked) Kazuya Wakimoto/Hidewa System Shinsha 14th place How I, a beginner investor, learned the right way to grow my money from the pros. Hassen Kuniyama / Bookstore 15th place Fundamentals of Banking/Structured Finance for Legal Practitioners Masakazu Sato / Yuhikaku

<Top 10 Literary Books>

1st place blue sky (Previous: 1st place) Masayasu Wakabayashi / Bungei Shunju 2nd place Oath of Testimony Yuzuki Yuko / KADOKAWA 3rd place In the Megachurch (Previously: 2nd place) Ryo Asai/Nikkei Publishing 4th place May everything become round Maha Harada / Gentosha 5th place A Drop in the Great River: The Final Chapter Hiroyuki Itsuki / Gentosha 6th place Chips Top (Last time: 3rd place) Hitoshi Mayama / Nikkei BP 7th place Lost Face (Previous ranking: 5th) Tomoya Sakurada / Shinchosha 8th place On a beautiful moonlit night, I wanted someone to remember me. Sae Kawashiro / Sunmark Publishing 9th place Ripe persimmon (Previously: 9th place) Masago Sato / KADOKAWA 10th place Goodbye Jabberwock (Previous ranking: Unranked) Kotaro Isaka / Futabasha

Data collection Period: March 1st Sun- March 31st Tue, 2026

1. Master English in 100 Days: 10 Minutes a Day of Native English Copying by Brett Lindsay / Sunmark Publishing 2. Seiten by Masayasu Wakabayashi / Bungei Shunju 3. TOEIC L&R TEST Essential Vocabulary: Golden Phrases, Revised and Expanded Edition by TEX Kato / Asahi Shimbun Publishing 4. Google Notebook LM Thorough Utilization Techniques by Yos, Shozaburo Matsuyama, and Masatoshi Someya / Nihon Jitsugyo Publishing 5. Introduction to Money Markets by Takahiro Hattori / Nihon Hyoronsha