While there has been the continuous publication of the books regarding the practitioners' practical efforts in less favoured areas in Japan, the research trend of the business in the regions has not been clarified. This paper aims at explaining the research trend. The author analyzed the contents of 184 research papers related to less-favored areas and 159 community business research papers. As a result of the analysis, the author found that the researchers showed increased interest in the topic when the related essential laws were enforced. The author also found the frequent usage of the word groups of agriculture, population movement, society, and economy in the research papers of the less-favored areas. Furthermore, the author also found that other community business-related papers often used other word-groups of the community, subjects, actions, and development. The author further introduces such cases of the community business like agriculture, elderly care, life infrastructure, and tourism, based on the content analysis of the community business in less-favored areas.
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