For a group of Japanese researchers, the phenomenon of humor is no laughing matter.
For three decades, the Japan Society for Laughter and Humor Studies based in Osaka, western Japan, has been probing what it calls the "mysteries" of the human laugh, going so far as to publish a peer-reviewed academic journal.
Members of the society are not limited to academic specialists but include monks and traditional Japanese "kyogen" comedic performers...
For a group of Japanese researchers, the phenomenon of humor is no laughing matter.
For three decades, the Japan Society for Laughter and Humor Studies based in Osaka, western Japan, has been probing what it calls the "mysteries" of the human laugh, going so far as to publish a peer-reviewed academic journal.
Members of the society are not limited to academic specialists but include monks and traditional Japanese "kyogen" comedic performers...
Identifies seven threats to Asia-Pacific Region
President Ferdinand Marcos said the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is a world issue, rebuffing a...
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said China’s coercive actions in the Asia-Pacific is dangerous for the region, including the Philippines.
“The harassment that the...
The House of Representatives is committed to support the Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept of the administration amid increasingly aggressive actions by China in the...
Half of Filipino adults support legalizing divorce for “irreconcilably separated couples,” according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
The SWS on Saturday released...
