Data collection Period: August 13th Thu- August 19th Wed, 2026
*The previous ranking is based on a comparison with the period from July 30th Thu to August 5th Wed, 2026. (Unless otherwise stated, it is a new release.)

<Top 15 Business (Management) Stories>

1. Inflation Era: Real Know-how for Business Succession that Innovates Companies by Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Succeed Co., Ltd. / Business Publishing 2. Nikkei Industry Map 2027 Edition, edited by Nikkei Inc. / Nikkei Business Publications 3. Run Again Even If You Lose (Previous: 4th) by Seiichi Takarabe / NewsPicks 4. Bain Capital (Previous: 2nd) by Bain Capital / Nikkei BP 5. Official Textbook for the Shareholder Meeting Management Practice Examination, supervised by Yuta Kawashima / Chuo Keizai Sha 6. Experience Turns into Money (Previous: 5th) by Kenta Nagakura / Sosim 7. M&A as General Knowledge Written by Japan's First M&A Specialist Firm (Previous: 10th) by Recof Research Department / Nikkei Business Publications 8. Textbook of Excel Financial Modeling 2 by Hiroya Hattori / Tax Accounting Association 9. The Impact of Physical AI (Previous: 9th) by Michiaki Tanaka / Asahi Shimbun Publications 10. Feedback Management (Previous: 8th) by Masamune Mimura / Nikkei BP 11. How to Increase Productivity by Nozomu Tajiri / Kanki Publishing 12. The World's Most Enjoyable Way to Read Financial Statements (Previous Rank: 15th) by Otemachi Random Walker / KADOKAWA 13. Seven Dramatic Changes (Previous Rank: 14th) by Kentaro Kawabe / Toyo Keizai Inc. 14. The Best Lesson: Bankruptcy by Shigehisa Murakami / Daiwa Shobo 15. Generative AI x Introduction to Accounting and Bookkeeping Practices by Keisuke Shirai / Nihon Jitsugyo Publishing

<Top 15 Business (Self-Improvement) Tips>

1st place McKinsey's psychological strategies: intentional calmness Jacqueline Brassie, Aaron de Smet, Michiel Kruit / Toyo Keizai Inc. 2nd place Study methods for exhausted people (Previous: 2nd place) Shugo Hotta / Toyo Keizai Inc. 3rd place What do the world's top people do on weekday evenings? (Previous ranking: 4th) Shinji Koshikawa / Cross Media Publishing 4th place The Complete Guide to Technology in the AI Era Yasuhiro Watanabe/Asahi Shimbun Publishing 5th place Why do "intelligent people" gather and make such pointless decisions? (Previous: 3rd place) Hajime Ota / Nikkei Business Publications 6th place Life is made differently by the time you're 38! (Previous ranking: 5th) Kenta Nagakura / East Press 7th place The Scientifically Proven Encyclopedia of Amazing Habits (Previous ranking: 6th) Shugo Hotta / SB Creative 8th place How to assert dominance with dignity Nobuko Nakano / Nikkei BP 9th place Essential Skills for the AI Era: A Comprehensive Guide to Intelligence (Previous: 1st place) Shion Kabasawa / Sanctuary Publishing 10th place AI as a subordinate (Previous ranking: 7th) Tsuyoshi Ushio/Bungei Shunju 11th place Outcome-oriented thinking of high-performing individuals Tomohiro Noda / President Inc. 12th place The world's most brutal Notice about happiness Seo Eun-guk / Toyo Keizai Inc. 13th place DIE WITH ZERO: The Ultimate Rules for an Overly Rich Life (Previous ranking: 9th) B. Perkins / Diamond, Inc. 14th place Amazing journalism (Previous ranking: Unranked) Daiki Kikuchi / Sanctuary Publishing 15th place 115 Habits of People Who Are Highly Valued by Their Companies (Previous ranking: Unranked) Shinji Koshikawa / Diamond, Inc.

<Top 15 Economic and Financial Topics>

1st: Economics that Explains Micro and Macro Simultaneously (Previous Rank: 3rd) Shinya Kato / Kanki Publishing 2nd: Economic Indicators as Weapons (Previous Rank: 5th) Koichi Fujishiro / Daiwa Shobo 3rd: The Absolute Basics of Investing You Can't Ask About Now: Visual Edition, Revised New Edition (Previous Rank: 6th) Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications 4th: The Basics of Economic Indicators: Deciphering the Future from Numbers (Previous Rank: 1st) Sawako Yasuda / Subarusha 5th: Mabuchi Style! The World Map of Investing (Previous Rank: 2nd) Mariko Mabuchi / Daiwa Shobo 6th The Absolute Basics of Money You Can't Ask About Now Visual Edition Revised New Edition (Previous Rank: 15th) Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications 7th Money University to Achieve True Freedom Revised Edition (Previous Rank: Unranked) Ryo @ Liber University President / Asahi Shimbun Publications 8th The Practice of a PE Fund Controller (Previous Rank: 10th) Hitoshi Yamaguchi / Chuo Keizai-sha 9th A Textbook That Makes You Understand the Financial System in One Book (Previous Rank: Unranked) Ryota Ito / Gijutsu Hyoronsha 10th Introduction to Money Markets (Previous Rank: Unranked) Takahiro Hattori / Nihon Hyoronsha 11th Macroeconomics Applied Edition Koichi Futagami / Yuhikaku 12th Investment Strategies After the AI Bubble (Previous Rank: 14th) Hitoshi Nakamura / Diamond Inc. 13th Rationality and Society Kazuo Yamaguchi / Nikkei BP 14th Place: Investment Etiquette Learned from My Billionaire Great-Grandmother by Takoyaki / PHP Institute 15th Place: Stock Investment to Save 100 Million Yen in 5 Years (Previous Ranking: Unranked) by Kenmo / Diamond Inc.

<Top 10 Literary Books>

1st place Eternal memories (Previous: 1st place) Keigo Higashino/Bungei Shunju 2nd place Kaho (Previous: 2nd place) Haruki Murakami / Shinchosha 3rd place Mirror angle Yuko Yamao / Shichosha 4th place In the Megachurch (Previous ranking: 5th) Ryo Asai / Nikkei Business Publications 5th place A life without buying things Emiko Inagaki / Toyo Keizai Inc. 6th place Hayabusa Fire Brigade: The Path Leading into the Forest (Previous ranking: 4th) Jun Ikeido / Shueisha 7th place Paradise (Previous ranking: 6th) Haruo Yuki / Kodansha 8th place Algorithm verification Takeru Kaido / Takarajimasha 9th place polygamous marriage story Yu Nagira / Kodansha 10th place Kengwai (Previous ranking: Unranked) Kasumi Asakura / Kobunsha

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