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: 「個人的にも、職業的にも、多くの人々にとって重荷となった」

SOLUTION: "It weighed on a lot of people, both personally and professionally."

PROBLEM: ロイター通信は、花火の更なる爆破の可能性も消火隊の救助作業の妨げとなったと、政府官僚から伝えられた。

SOLUTION: News agency Reuters was told by a government official that the possibility of further explosions from fireworks also interfered with the fire service's rescue operation.

PROBLEM: 彼の発表は、マハラシュトラによる同様のイニシアチブに続くもので、ユニオン・ペトロリアムのムルリ・デオラ相が彼にチェンナイで会った翌日のことだった。

SOLUTION:
His announcement came after a similar initiative by Maharashtra and a day after Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora met him in Chennai.