Kang, W.

Japanese: カン,W. - かん
Kang, W.

...The Dutch are serious, but they are wary of being too serious or overly serious, and they like jokes and humor. Wim Kan, who has been satirizing society and politics for over 30 years since the end of the war in Amsterdam cabarets, has gained national popularity, and many Dutch people welcome the New Year by listening to Wim's sharp but human jokes on New Year's Eve television. Stiff order and uniformity are what the Dutch hate most, and they believe that humanity lies in accepting each other's differences.

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Japanese:

…市民はまじめだが,きまじめやむきになることを警戒し,冗談やユーモアを好む。アムステルダムのキャバレーで戦後30年以上も社会と政治を風刺しているウィム・カンは国民的人気をえ,大晦日の夜のテレビでウィムの鋭いが人間味のあるジョークを聞きながら新年を迎えるオランダ人は多い。堅苦しい秩序や画一主義はオランダ人の最も嫌悪するところで,人それぞれに違うことを認め合うことの中にこそ人間らしさがあると考えるのである。…

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