Ashes of Chinese teacher arrives home from Japan

Security footage shows Wei Qiujie leaving a hotel on July 20, 2017. [File Photo: Southern Metropolis Daily]

The family of a Chinese teacher who died in Japan has brought her ashes back home. 

Wei Qiujie's body was cremated in Kushiro, a city on the northern island of Hokkaido, where her body was discovered. 

The 26-year-old went missing in late July after last being seen at a spa on the 23rd.

Despite initial suggestions by her family that she may have been kidnapped, indications are the young woman committed suicide.

Her body was recovered by a local fisherman off the coast of Kushiro on August 27th.