Collection Period: January 2, 2025 Thu to January 8, 2025 Wed
*The previous ranking is a comparison with December 19th Thu to December 25th Wed, 2024. (Items without a description are new releases.)

<Business (Management) Top 15>

1st place: Kuroko's Manufacturing: Supporting the Automotive Industry for 100 Years, Hasegawa Shiro/Gentosha Media Consulting 2nd place: "Company Quarterly Report" Industry Map 2025 Edition (previously: 2nd place), edited by Toyo Keizai Inc./Toyo Keizai Inc. 3rd place: The World History of Companies and Shareholders , Nakajima Shigeru/Nikkei Publishing 4th place: The Total Nation's Shareholder, Maezawa Yusaku/Gentosha 5th place : Nikkei Industry Map 2025 Edition (previously: 14th place), edited by Nikkei Inc./Nikkei Publishing 6th place: IT Control and IT Audit: On-site Textbook (previously: 3rd place), Nakao Toshikazu/Chuokeizaisha 7th place: Can you make a strategy? Otobe Daisuke/Sendenkaigi 8th place : "Writing" a business concept (previously: 10th place), Hori Masahiko/Shoeisha 9th place: Introduction to "Capital Cost" with Illustrations and Stories (previously: 4th place), Oka Toshiko/Chuokeizaisha 10th place : Inside Kusunoki Ken's Mind Essays on strategy and management (6th place) by Kusunoki Ken/Nikkei Publishing 11th place: Management addiction: being a CEO is tough, but that's why it's fun (not ranked) by Tokuya Satoshi/PHP Institute 12th place: How to run a venture (13th place) by Takano Hidetoshi/Diamond Inc. 13th place: Activists and the corporate control market (12th place) by Okuma Masahachi/Financial Affairs Research Institute 14th place: How to live (not ranked) by Inamori Kazuo/Sunmark Publishing 15th place: The world's most enjoyable way to read financial statements (not ranked) by Otemachi's Random Walker/KADOKAWA

<Top 15 Business (Self-Improvement) Items>

No.1 People who move do well (Previously: 1st place) Kenta Nagakura / Subarusha No.2 The science of rest that will save you from fatigue (Last time: 7th place) Hideki Katano/Toyo Keizai Inc. No.3 This is how I put what's in my head into words. (Last time: 9th place) Toshiya Araki/PHP Research Institute No.4 DIE WITH ZERO The ultimate rule for making your life too rich (Previously: 8th place) B. Perkins/Diamond Inc. No.5 Don't expect anything from anyone. Practice to increase motivation and happiness at the same time. (Previously: 4th place) Kenta Nagakura/Soshim No.6 It's normal for people to be good at their jobs (Previously: 5th place) Ryo Nishihara/Diamond Inc. No.7 What do the world's best people do on their days off? (Last time: 2nd place) Shinji Koshigawa/Impress No.8 Hypothetical Action (Last time: 6th place) Takaaki Umaida / Eiji Publishing No.9 What smart people think before they speak (Last time: Not ranked) Hiroya Adachi/Diamond Inc. No.10 STOIC: The Textbook of Life - Stoicism Brittany Porat/Diamond Inc. No.11 The first book to read when you have subordinates (Last time: Not ranked) Takuya Hashimoto/Achievement Publishing 12th place Takeshi Morioka's Rules for Success (Last time: 3rd place) Reiko Nakayama/Nikkei BP 13th place The best scientifically-based study method (Last time: Not ranked) Yasukawa Kosuke/KADOKAWA 14th place Increase the resolution (Last time: Not ranked) Takaaki Umaida / Eiji Publishing 15th place Tasteful ideas have a "pattern" Maki Sato/Sunmark Publishing

<Economics/Finance Top 15>

1st place: The best way to read the "Company Quarterly Report" the Emin way (last time: 1st place) Emin Yurmaz/Toyo Keizai Inc. 2nd place: The University of Money to Gain True Freedom (last time: 2nd place) Ryo @ Liber University President/Asahi Shimbun Publishing 3rd place : A 1000-Year History of Technological Innovation and Inequality, Vol. 1 (last time: not ranked) Daron Acemoglu/Hayakawa Publishing 4th place: The Basics of Investment That You're Too Afraid to Ask About (last time: 12th place) Izumi Michiko/Asahi Shimbun Publishing 5th place: Thinking about Prices: The Mystery of Deflation, the Mystery of Inflation (last time: 7th place) Watanabe Tsutomu/Nikkei Publishing 6th place: Japan's Issues 2025-26 (last time: 3rd place) Ohmae Kenichi/President Inc. 7th place: The Ministry of Finance's Ruin of the Nation (last time: 4th place) Takahashi Yoichi/Asahi Publishing 8th place: The Super Condensed History of Humanity and Economics, Andrew Lee/Toyo Keizai Inc. 9th place: The Basics of Money That You're Too Afraid to Ask About Visual version (last time: 13th place) Michiko Izumi/Asahi Shimbun Publishing10th Parent and child learning: How can I become rich? (last time: 6th place )​ Rei Tachibana/Chikuma Shobo11th Introduction to Japanese government bonds (last time: not ranked) Takahiro Hattori/Financial Affairs Research Institute12th International finance (last time: 11th place) Kenichi Ueda/Nihon Hyoronsha13th My investment techniques (last time: not ranked) Tatsuro Kiyohara/Kodansha14th Just look at this part of the Company Quarterly Report and buy only the stocks that will benefit you (last time: 14th place) Takayuki Yamamoto/Toyo Keizai Inc.15th The Loser's Game, original version 8th edition (last time: not ranked) C. Ellis/Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.

＜Top 10 Literary Books＞

1st place: About Happiness (1st place) Tanikawa Shuntaro/Nanarokusha 2nd place: Naruse is Going to Take Over the World (5th place) Miyajima Mina/Shinchosha 3rd place: PRIZE Murayama Yuka/Bungeishunju 4th place: Landmine Glico (2nd place) Aozaki Yugo/KADOKAWA 5th place: Reproduction Chronicle (8th place) Asai Ryo/Shogakukan 6th place: Fictional Criminal (not ranked) Higashino Keigo/Gentosha 7th place: Forbidden Child (not ranked) Yamaguchi Mio/Tokyo Sogensha 8th place : Survey about the Mouth (not ranked) Sekin/Poplar Publishing 9th place: Vegetarian (3rd place) Han Kang/Kwon 10th place: Please Pair Up (not ranked) Mokuji Chiren/Futabasha

Collection Period: December 1, 2024 Sun to December 31, 2024 Tue

1st place: The Defeat of the West, Emmanuel Todd/Bungeishunju; 2nd place: People who move around do well, Kenta Nagakura/Subarusha; 3rd place: How generative AI works, Daisuke Okanohara/ Bookstore 4th place: Excessive considerations of manzai, Kuruma Takahi/Tatsumi Publishing; 5th place : What is normal for people who are good at their jobs, Ryo Nishihara/Diamond Inc.