Data collection Period: August 27, 2026 Thu- September 2, 2026 Wed
*The previous ranking is based on a comparison with the period from August 13th Thu to August 19th Wed, 2026. (Unless otherwise stated, it is a new release.)

<Top 15 Business (Management) Stories>

1. Maximizing Your Company's Profits: Lessons Learned from Amazon by Kazuyasu Kitajima / Mikasa Shobo 2. Company Quarterly Report Industry Map 2027 Edition edited by Toyo Keizai Inc. / Toyo Keizai Inc. 3. Nikkei Industry Map 2027 Edition (Previous: 2nd) edited by Nikkei Inc. / Nikkei Business Publications 4. Run Again Even If You Lose (Previous: 3rd) by Seiichi Takarabe / NewsPicks 5. Bain Capital (Previous: 4th) Bain Capital / Nikkei BP 6. Talking About Compliance by Naoto Nakamura / Shoji Homu 7. M&A as General Knowledge Written by Japan's First M&A Specialist Firm (Previous: 7th) by Recof Research Department / Nikkei Business Publications 8. Textbook of Excel Financial Modeling 2 10th: (Previous: 8th) Hiroya Hattori / Tax Accounting Association 9th: The Secrets of AI-Driven Management by Kazuyo Hosoka / Toyo Keizai Inc. 11th: Experience Turns into Money (Previous: 6th) Kenta Nagakura / Soshim 12th: How to Increase Productivity (Previous: 11th) Nozomu Tajiri / Kanki Publishing 13th: HRBP: Human Resources Supporting Strategy Execution by Masanori Kato / Eiji Publishing 14th: Final Report on Harassment by Mai Teshigawara / Shobunsha 15th: The Strongest Branding of "Ajinomoto" by Iku Katsunuma / Asahi Shimbun Publications 16th: The World's Most Enjoyable Way to Read Financial Statements (Previous: 12th) Random Walker of Otemachi / KADOKAWA

<Top 15 Business (Self-Improvement) Tips>

1st place Body shape management strategies that will change your life and prevent weight gain Kazuhiro Miyamura / Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha 2nd place A sense of intellectual productivity Ken Kusunoki, Shu Yamaguchi / Nikkei Business Publications 3rd place The Complete Guide to Technology in the AI Era (Previous ranking: 4th) Yasuhiro Watanabe/Asahi Shimbun Publishing 4th place Study methods for exhausted people (Previous: 2nd place) Shugo Hotta / Toyo Keizai Inc. 5th place Why do "intelligent people" gather and make such pointless decisions? (Previous ranking: 5th) Hajime Ota / Nikkei Business Publications 6th place What do the world's top people do on weekday evenings? (Previous: 3rd place) Shinji Koshikawa / Cross Media Publishing 7th place You can prevent 90% of work mistakes with this mindset. Takashi Izuhara / Forest Publishing 8th place Essential Skills for the AI Era: A Comprehensive Guide to Intelligence (Previous ranking: 9th) Shion Kabasawa / Sanctuary Publishing 9th place The meaning of life James Bailey / Diamond, Inc. 10th place Start with the Issue (Revised Edition) (Previous ranking: Unranked) Kazuto Ataka / Eiji Publishing 11th place How to assert dominance with dignity (Previous ranking: 8th) Nobuko Nakano / Nikkei BP 12th place The Scientifically Proven Encyclopedia of Amazing Habits (Previous ranking: 7th) Shugo Hotta / SB Creative 13th place Life is made differently by the time you're 38! (Previous ranking: 6th) Kenta Nagakura / East Press 14th place DIE WITH ZERO: The Ultimate Rules for an Overly Rich Life (Previous ranking: 13th) Bill Perkins / Diamond, Inc. 15th place Go ahead and do what you want to do! Keiichi Arai / Impress

<Top 15 Economic and Financial Topics>

1. Private Equity Capitalism Will Devour the World - Brendan Ballou / Toyo Keizai Inc. 2. Saving 100 Million Yen While Working: The Complete Steps of AI Stock Investing - Masaaki Kamioka / Ascom 3. Making 100 Million Yen from Age 60 with "Stock Notebook" - Ryoji Kobayashi / Diamond Inc. 4. Poor Japan - Rei Tachibana / President Inc. 5. The Absolute Basics of Investing You Can't Ask About Now: Visual Edition, Revised New Edition (Previous Rank: 3rd) - Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications 6. Economics That Explains Micro and Macro Simultaneously (Previous Rank: 1st) - Shinya Kato / Kanki Publishing 7. Economic Indicators That Become Your Weapon (Previous Rank: 2nd) - Koichi Fujishiro / Daiwa Shobo 8. Introduction to Money Markets (Previous Rank: 10th) - Takahiro Hattori / Nihon Hyoronsha 9. Mabuchi Style! The World Map of Investing (Previous Rank: 5th) Mariko Mabuchi / Daiwa Shobo 10th The Money University to Achieve True Freedom, Revised Edition (Previous Rank: 7th) Ryo @ Liberal Arts University President / Asahi Shimbun Publications 11th The Basics of Economic Indicators: Deciphering the Future from Numbers (Previous Rank: 4th) Sawako Yasuda / Subarusha 12th The Textbook of Interest Rates You'll Never Forget After Reading It Once (Previous Rank: Unranked) Soji Nakajima / SB Creative 13th The Disappearance of Nomura Securities (Previous Rank: Unranked) Noriyuki Morimoto / Business-sha 14th "AI Stocks" Won't Fall! Tomohiro Okawa / Business-sha 15th The Absolute Basics of Money You Can't Ask About Now, Visual Edition, Revised New Edition (Previous Rank: 6th) Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications

<Top 10 Literary Books>

1st: Eternal Memory (Previous Rank: 1st) Keigo Higashino / Bungei Shunju 2nd : Drawn to a Gal Tera Marche Mina Miyajima / KADOKAWA 3rd: Cuisine Method of Mysterious Nuts Jun Okada / Rironsha 4th: Kowloon Walled City 3 Survivors / Hayakawa Publishing 5th: The Secret of the Midnight Witch Jun Okada / Rironsha 6th: Pirate Ship in the Forest Jun Okada / Rironsha 7th : In the Megachurch (Previous Rank: 4th) Ryo Asai / Nikkei Business Publications 8th: The Perfect Choice of Boy ABC Shinichiro Yuki / Shinchosha 9th: Hayabusa Fire Brigade: The Road Leading to the Forest (Previous Rank: 6th) Jun Ikeido / Shueisha 10th: A Life Without Buying (Previous Rank: 5th) Emiko Inagaki / Toyo Keizai Inc.

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