More bullying-suicide letters sent

The education ministry has received four more letters that warn the senders will commit suicide because they are being bullied at school, bringing the total to 36, ministry officials said Tuesday.

One of the letters, postmarked in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, claimed to be from a second-year junior high school student and read, "I hate everybody. I will die," according to the officials.

The ministry did not disclose more information about the three other letters because they included the names of the senders and schools. It was trying to contact the schools via local boards of education, the officials said.