In this task, you are given a sentence in the Japanese language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).
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Question: 国際的に注目されたニュース番組は1999年の開始時に波紋を投げかけたが、172の国でオンライン視聴者を増やした。

Answer: The internationally-focused newscast created a stir upon its launch in 1999, but has since expanded with online viewers in 172 nations.


Question: 「幼児強姦の被害者が耐えなければならない長い苦悶の年月」にもかかわらず「死刑が犠牲者の命が奪われなかった例にまで及んではいけない」と、司法省ケネディは書いた。

Answer: Despite "the years of long anguish that must be endured by the victim of child rape," Justice Kennedy wrote, "the death penalty should not be expanded to instances where the victim's life was not taken."


Question: 政府のスポークスマンによると、「処刑はいかなる暴力も、叫びも、喜びの泣き声もなく行われた」。

Answer:
According to the government spokesman, "[t]he execution happened without any violations, shouting or cries of joy."