国际英语新闻：Ozawa receives another bullet, suspected bullet sent to Japanese PM

TOKYO, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Another bullet along with a threatening letter was sent to the Democratic Party of Japan Secretary-General Ichiro Ozawa's office in the Diet building on Thursday, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.

The office of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama also received a package sent on the same day and addressed to the Japanese premier containing a bullet-like object and investigators are trying to deduce the exact nature of the object, according to the police.

On Tuesday a bullet was sent to the Tokyo residence of Ozawa in an envelope with a letter demanding that he resign, police said. Ozawa's personal secretary found the envelope in Ozawa's postbox at around 5:30 p.m. and reported his finding to the police.

Since last month, envelopes containing bullets and letters criticizing and threatening Ozawa have also been sent to Ozawa's office, the DPJ headquarters and the TV Asahi Corporation's head office.

Both Ozawa and Hatoyama have been involved in funding irregularities since the DPJ's rise to power nearly five months ago and Hatoyama's ardent defending of Ozawa, his DPJ cohort, has incensed opposition parties and some members of the DPJ electorate, as well as the public in general.