# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karel-van-wolferen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:33:21.719Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karel-van-wolferen"
name: "Karel van Wolferen"
slug: "karel-van-wolferen"
description: "Karel van Wolferen is a Dutch journalist, writer and professor, who is particularly recognised for his knowledge of Japanese politics, economics, history and culture."
tagline: "Dutch journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karel_van_Wolferen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1941"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.26
  momentum:             5.692307692307691
  historical:           6.561485333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Волферен, Карел ван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كاريل ڤان ولفيرين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_van_Wolferen"
    title: "Karel van Wolferen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_van_Wolferen"
    title: "Karel van Wolferen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_van_Wolferen"
    title: "Karel van Wolferen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "カレル・ヴァン・ウォルフレン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_van_Wolferen"
    title: "Karel van Wolferen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933045"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump