Her Japanese system did just as well as the English system half a dozen of us had developed. In 1995, the evaluators introduced an evaluation of reference resolution components in isolation. This was for the English language only. Megumi led and did the bulk of the work for SRI's entry, and out of the seven sites entering, she placed first. In parallel with all this system building, Megumi carried on an active program of theoretical work.
Compliments are easy to give, and it's easy to cite people's papers.
But when people give you travel money to come to a conference in Europe or Japan, that's real. Then you know your work is good. Megumi was always going off to workshops and conferences in Holland and Germany and Japan. Her research enjoyed a worldwide reputation. When I sent out a message with the sad news about Megumi's death to a number of people who had known her and worked with her.