--- title: "Tatsuya Kawahara — author profile and papers" description: "Tatsuya Kawahara, Agency for Science, Technology and Research: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 39 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tatsuya-kawahara/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tatsuya-kawahara/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Tatsuya Kawahara # Tatsuya Kawahara 2 papers on this site · 2026 current affiliation [Agency for Science, Technology and Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/agency-for-science-technology-and-research/), Singapore, Singapore; [Kyoto University](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/kyoto-university/), Kyoto, Japan; [Institute for Infocomm Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institute-for-infocomm-research/), Singapore, Singapore; [Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics](https://ror.org/05mzj8a56), Kyoto, Japan Tatsuya Kawahara has 2 papers on this site, in 2026, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/), [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/), [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/); often with [Koji Inoue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/koji-inoue/). [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5038044080) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2686-2296) · [**h-index 39**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5038044080) · [644 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5038044080) · [7 023 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5038044080&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [2 works on this site](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tatsuya-kawahara/#papers) · [15 citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tatsuya-kawahara/cited-by/) · 3 more works in our library · [⭐ Paper Star rank #5296](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/53/#star-5296) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Tatsuya+Kawahara) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Tatsuya+Kawahara) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Tatsuya+Kawahara) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Tatsuya+Kawahara) ## Affiliations - [Kyoto University](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/kyoto-university/) · Kyoto, Japan —current · 1990–2026 on 414 papers · education (Wikidata) · employment from 1990 (Wikidata) - [Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics](https://ror.org/05mzj8a56) · Kyoto, Japan —current · 2022–2026 on 2 papers - [Agency for Science, Technology and Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/agency-for-science-technology-and-research/) · Singapore, Singapore —current · 2026 on 1 paper - [Institute for Infocomm Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institute-for-infocomm-research/) · Singapore, Singapore —current · 2026 on 1 paper - [National Institute of Information and Communications Technology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/national-institute-of-information-and-communications-technology/) · Tokyo, Japan —2008–2024 on 5 papers - [University of Shiga Prefecture](https://ror.org/02dvjfw95) · Hikone, Japan —2020–2021 on 2 papers - [Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University](https://ror.org/0035da546) · Kyoto, Japan —2004–2017 on 44 papers - [Kanazawa Institute of Technology](https://ror.org/02ws33e43) · Nonoichi, Japan —2008–2012 on 2 papers - [Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/advanced-telecommunications-research-institute-international/) · Kyoto, Japan —2002–2006 on 5 papers - [Japan Science and Technology Agency](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/japan-science-and-technology-agency/) · Tokyo, Japan —2004–2006 on 3 papers From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 13 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Topics [Dialogue systems 2](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Sentiment & emotion 1](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) · [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP 1](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tatsuya-kawahara/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[I Understand How You Feel: Enhancing Deeper Emotional Support Through Multilingual Emotional Validation in Dialogue System](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pang-2026-i-understand-how-you-feel/)** *(2026)* Emotional validation means signalling to a user that their feelings are understandable. It helps in therapy, but dialogue research has given it little attention, and earlier systems relied on fixed phrase lists tested only in Japanese. The authors also note that LLMs tend to agree with users too readily, which risks… 2. **[On the Structure of Address in Multi-Party Dialogue: From Discrete Labels to Continuous Levels](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mori-2026-structure-address-multi-party-dialogue/)** *(2026)* Addressee detection in multi-party dialogue is usually treated as choosing one discrete target, either a single participant or the whole group. ## Also in our library 3 more works of theirs are in our library without a page here yet; they will appear as we publish them. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Koji Inoue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/koji-inoue/) ×2 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 15 times (of the 140 884 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tatsuya-kawahara/cited-by/).