This photo taken June 23, 2021, shows a hotel in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, where members of the Ugandan Olympic delegation are staying. (Kyodo)

       OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A Ugandan athlete who is missing from his pre-Olympic training camp in western Japan left a note saying, "I want to work in Japan," a local official said Friday.

       According to the official, the message from Julius Ssekitoleko, a 20-year-old weightlifter, found at his accommodation in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, said he does not want to return to Uganda because life there is difficult.

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