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Getting to Know Japan: The Time of Laughter: Comedy and the Media Cultures of Japan

The Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies presents the Getting to Know Japan Webinar Series that is recorded live on Zoom monthly. For more information about the Getting to Know Japan Webinar Series and our upcoming events please visit our webpage https://www.ycaps.org/know-japan. During May 2025, we hosted Dr. David Humphrey as he presented on "The Time of Laughter: Comedy and the Media Cultures of Japan". In this talk, Dr. David Humphrey introduced his book, The Time of Laughter: Comedy and the Media Cultures of Japan (U Mich Press, 2023), which explores how comedy and laughter have shaped media and society in Japan from the television era to the present. Touching upon highlights from the book, he discussed how, despite changes over the past half-century, comedy and its laughter have been indelible forces in informing beliefs and debates about media in Japan. Unifying at the same time they sow discord, comedy and laughter have, since the postwar period, given voice to contradictions that have typified both media and society in Japan. If you enjoy our content, please like and subscribe to our YCAPS YouTube channel. We welcome you to visit the YCAPS website to register for our webinars if you would like to watch them in real-time.