The village was reduced to ashes by the war.

He ran up the stairs.

The development of this area has just begun.

We are working hard to develop new software.

He is from the Hui people, a minority ethnic group in China.

It will take time to solve this problem.

He is working hard to figure out the mystery.

We will hold a cultural festival next week.

Japan reformed its calendar in the fifth year of the Meiji era and adopted the Gregorian calendar.

Japan revised the calendar in 1873 and adopted the Gregorian calendar.