Hokkaido prefectural police are looking for a 26-year-old Chinese woman who has gone missing while traveling alone in Hokkaido.

Wei Qiu Jie was last seen on the morning of July 22 when she left the guesthouse where she had been staying in Sapporo, leaving her luggage in her room, police said. She had arrived in Hakodate on July 18, and checked in at the guesthouse on the 20th, Fuji TV reported.

Wei was supposed to return to China on July 25 from Hakodate, police said.

The owner of the guesthouse reported her disappearance to the police after she failed to return and check out as planned.

According to the guesthouse owners, Wei had paid for her stay in advance.

There is no record of Wei boarding her flight or leaving Japan, police said.

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