However, in the summer of 1918, a deadlier version of the same virus began spreading, with disastrous consequence.

然而，1918年开始，一个病毒的同版本开始致命蔓延，在夏天造成了灾难性后果。

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During the past fiscal year, as the company fell into loss, the metric hit 75 days, a disastrous situation, partly as a consequence of which interest bearing debt increased to more than JPY 1 trillion (USD 12.5 billion).

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