[Includes Double Signed Copies] Why is it Hard to Feel Wealthy Despite Record Wage Hikes? Akira Ikegami x Tatsuya Goto's 'Financial Literacy to Open the Future' Released Monday, March 30, 2026
KADOKAWA released 'Financial Literacy to Open the Future' by Tatsuya Goto on March 30, 2026. Edited by Akira Ikegami, the book provides insights on navigating personal finance in an inflationary era.
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KADOKAWA Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Director, Representative Executive Officer and CEO: Takeshi Natsuno) released 'Education That Gives Confidence for Tomorrow 7: Financial Literacy to Open the Future, Edited by Akira Ikegami' on Monday, March 30, 2026. The author of this 7th installment is economic journalist Tatsuya Goto, who garners overwhelming support from the working generation on television and social media.
While the average wage increase rate in the 2025 spring wage offensive exceeded 5%, the reality is that it remains difficult to actually feel wealthy due to high prices and the increased burden of taxes and social insurance premiums. 'Financial Literacy to Open the Future' proposes that what is needed in such times is not investment techniques, but the education to grasp the big picture of money. It is a new educational book for adults that deciphers everything from economic mechanisms to household defense, asset formation, and even life enrichment through the lens of money.
Features of this Book
1. Connecting Economic News to Household Finances
'Why are prices rising?' 'How does a weak yen affect our lives?' 'Why doesn't take-home pay increase much even when salaries do?' The book helps readers understand current economic changes in connection to their own lives and cultivates a perspective that turns economic fluctuations into an ally.
2. Understanding the Risks of Doing Nothing and Updating Your Money OS
This book treats inflation as an invisible tax. It demonstrates how the real value of 1 million yen in cash will decrease to 820,000 yen in 10 years at a 2% inflation rate, encouraging a shift in mindset from 'savings-only' in the deflationary era to 'thinking and acting to protect value' in the inflationary era.
3. Designing Happiness Beyond Money
Learning about money isn't just about increasing your savings balance. How do you circulate the money you've earned, protected, and grown into skills (human capital) and connections (social capital) to attain a free life? The book explains life design with a view toward life's exit strategies.
Knowing the true nature of money means having a standard of judgment to forge your own future without being misled by an overflow of information. It is a book that will catalyze your understanding of society and help you open up your future.
Akira Ikegami x Tatsuya Goto. Double Signed Copies Also Available
We have prepared a limited number of double-signed books featuring the signatures of both Mr. Akira Ikegami and Mr. Tatsuya Goto. The 11 handling bookstores are listed below.
Please note that as quantities at each bookstore are limited, the signed books will no longer be available once sold out.
[Sendai]
- Maruzen Sendai AER Store
While the average wage increase rate in the 2025 spring wage offensive exceeded 5%, the reality is that it remains difficult to actually feel wealthy due to high prices and the increased burden of taxes and social insurance premiums. 'Financial Literacy to Open the Future' proposes that what is needed in such times is not investment techniques, but the education to grasp the big picture of money. It is a new educational book for adults that deciphers everything from economic mechanisms to household defense, asset formation, and even life enrichment through the lens of money.
Features of this Book
1. Connecting Economic News to Household Finances
'Why are prices rising?' 'How does a weak yen affect our lives?' 'Why doesn't take-home pay increase much even when salaries do?' The book helps readers understand current economic changes in connection to their own lives and cultivates a perspective that turns economic fluctuations into an ally.
2. Understanding the Risks of Doing Nothing and Updating Your Money OS
This book treats inflation as an invisible tax. It demonstrates how the real value of 1 million yen in cash will decrease to 820,000 yen in 10 years at a 2% inflation rate, encouraging a shift in mindset from 'savings-only' in the deflationary era to 'thinking and acting to protect value' in the inflationary era.
3. Designing Happiness Beyond Money
Learning about money isn't just about increasing your savings balance. How do you circulate the money you've earned, protected, and grown into skills (human capital) and connections (social capital) to attain a free life? The book explains life design with a view toward life's exit strategies.
Knowing the true nature of money means having a standard of judgment to forge your own future without being misled by an overflow of information. It is a book that will catalyze your understanding of society and help you open up your future.
Akira Ikegami x Tatsuya Goto. Double Signed Copies Also Available
We have prepared a limited number of double-signed books featuring the signatures of both Mr. Akira Ikegami and Mr. Tatsuya Goto. The 11 handling bookstores are listed below.
Please note that as quantities at each bookstore are limited, the signed books will no longer be available once sold out.
[Sendai]
- Maruzen Sendai AER Store