In this task, given a sentence in the Japanese language, your task is to convert it into the English language.

Ex Input:
米国やどこか他の、9歳のアシュリー・X（彼女の姓は公表されていない）の周りで倫理的論争が急増した。

Ex Output:
An ethical controversy has surged in the United States and elsewhere around nine-year-old Ashley X (her family name has not been released).


Ex Input:
「外に出ると、自宅の隣の家が既に土砂に埋もれていた」そして近所の12軒も被害に遭っていた。

Ex Output:
"When I got outside, I saw that the houses next to mine were already covered by earth," and that it struck twelve neighbouring houses.


Ex Input:
タイ軍は狙撃の直後、反対運動を鎮圧して4月上旬以降バリケードが張られていた地域の安全を確保すべく、抗議者たちを抑えようと素早く入り込んだ。

Ex Output:

Thai military forces moved in quickly to suppress the protesters just after the shooting, aiming to put down the opposition movement and secure the area in which they had barricaded themselves since early April.