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: 李は続けて、「それは、台湾の人々が国との一体感を強め、自決権を擁護する強い意志を表明した新しい出発点だった」と言った。

SOLUTION: Lee continued, "It was a new starting point for consolidating people's identification with Taiwan and declaring the Taiwanese people's strong will to defend their right of self-determination."

PROBLEM: 新政権発足の発表直前には1500にものぼる人々が国会議事堂外で崩壊した政権と最近の金融危機に抗議したが、抗議参加者は現在の変化に満足しているようだ。

SOLUTION: Just before the announcement of the government taking office, nearly 1,500 people were protesting outside the parliament building over the collapsed government and the recent financial crisis, but protesters seemed happy about the change.

PROBLEM: しかし大方の見方では、肖像画はもしかすると自分自身の個人崇拝を弱めることをねらってキム・ジョンイル本人の命令により取り外されたと見ています。

SOLUTION:
But most observers believe that the portraits were taken down by the order of Kim Jong Il himself, who might be trying to downsize his own personality cult.