Claim: Takekazu Asaka (self-proclaimed Ambassador of Galician culture in Japan), was responsible for organizing Galician music and poetry festivals in Tokyo to celebrate Galician Literature Day, and also, translated the works of Galician authors such as Rosalía de Castro, Ramón Cabanillas and Uxío Novoneyra into Japanese.
Evidence: He defines himself as "ambassador of Galician culture in Japan." He is also responsible for organizing Galician music and poetry festivals in Tokyo, and in other cities, to celebrate Galician Literature Day. He translated the works of Galician authors such as Rosalía de Castro, Ramón Cabanillas and Uxío Novoneyra into Japanese, and published the first Galician grammar book in Japanese.