TASK DEFINITION: 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).
PROBLEM: 「RWEのNpowerは2003年以降132%関税を増やしたが、2009年に2.7%請求額を減らした。」

SOLUTION: "RWE's Npower has increased tariffs by 132% since 2003, but has reduced bills by 2.7% in 2009."

PROBLEM: ベトナムの石炭運搬船が金曜日に南シナ海で沈没し、船上で３人が死亡したと新華社が報道した。

SOLUTION: A Vietnamese coal transport ship sank in the South China Sea on Friday killing three people on board, reported the Xinhua News Agency.

PROBLEM: 報道管制はアフガニスタンでの軍務の間、王室の危険性を低減するために行われ、この種の初めての大規模な合意だった。

SOLUTION:
The media blackout was created to lower the risk to the royal, whilst in service in Afghanistan, and was the first large scale agreement of its kind.