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: 「これがいたずらだと知ってすぐに、私は彼の雇用を打ち切るための文書を申請した」とターナー署長は語った。

SOLUTION: "As soon as we saw it was a hoax, I filed the paperwork to terminate his employment," said Chief Turner.

PROBLEM: バーバロの右後ろ脚は、プリークネスのレースの開始直後に粉砕された。

SOLUTION: Barbaro's right hind leg was shattered in the opening lengths of the Preakness race.

PROBLEM: 少なくとも1人の閣僚と数人の労働党の後方席の議員を含む対抗勢力は、「そのシステムは国家の安全、テロリズム、エネルギー不足、気候変動に対する現在の脅威への不適当な対策であり、もっと良いお金の使い方がある」と言う。

SOLUTION:
Opponents including at least one Cabinet Minister and several Labour backbenchers, say that the system is an inappropriate response to the present threats to national security, terrorism, energy shortage and climate change and that there are better ways of spending the money.