This is a significantly updated and revised new edition of "Quickly Understand Business Education: The Basics of Money," a 50,000-copy bestseller, featuring layouts with large, full-color illustrations. Just by reading this book, you'll understand the new common sense of money for work and life! ○ Knowledge of money is essential in an era of interest rates Currently, with the 100-year lifespan, there's great anxiety about money after retirement, the amount of pension payments decreases year by year due to the declining birthrate and aging population, the prices of everything increase due to inflation, and various things, including housing loans, become more expensive due to the world of interest rates. The times are changing dramatically, and anxieties about money have also increased. In particular, how to manage money in old age is extremely important. To overcome these challenges, you must acquire knowledge of money and take action. Living in modern society, you will struggle greatly without financial literacy. However, we don't learn about money in compulsory education. But you can catch up on what you didn't learn in school by studying on your own from now on! ○ Easy to understand at a glance thanks to large, full-color illustrations This book's basic design is based on 4 pages (2 spreads) per topic. Just by looking at the large, full-color illustration and its caption on the first spread, you can understand the overview of that topic. Then, the next spread explains the details of that topic. Therefore, by opening the book and looking at the spread, you can understand the content of that topic to the point where you can have a conversation about it. ○ Covers a wide range of money-related topics This book covers topics such as the mechanisms of money, the economy, GDP, interest rates, foreign exchange (yen appreciation/depreciation), banks, the Bank of Japan, financial statements, taxes (income tax, resident tax, consumption tax, property tax, etc.), social insurance (pensions, health insurance), saving and increasing money, stocks, FX, investment trusts, bonds, retirement funds, inheritance, gifts, and insurance (life insurance, property and casualty insurance). By understanding these, you will gain the financial literacy you need for life and work! #ToshihiroSugiyama #Toshihiro_Sugiyama #book #society/economy_finance