Woman missing in Japan left note

A Chinese woman reported missing in Japan left a thank-you note addressed to her parents at a guesthouse in Sapporo, Hokkaido News reported.

Wei Qiujie, 26, a primary school teacher from Shaowu, Fujian province, disappeared on July 23 during an eight-day vacation to Hokkaido, the northernmost part of Japan.

In the note, which was left with other belongings in the guesthouse, she bade farewell to her family and said she was starting a new life, according to the report.