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KUSHIRO, Hokkaido (Kyodo), The Japan Times - A building believed to be a Russian Orthodox church has been built on one of four Russian-held islands off northeastern Hokkaido, an educational resource center in Hokkaido said Thursday.

Staff at Hoppou-kan, an educational facility in Nemuro, Hokkaido, periodically scan Suisho Island in the Habomai group with binoculars and found the building on Nov. 8.

Workers left the island Sunday, and no one has landed there since. The island now has a building with a domed roof and a cross on top, which the center believes to be a Russian Orthodox church.

Suisho Island, about 7 km off Cape Nosappu, has an observation post and a radar facility. Only Russian border guards live there.

Japan has long demanded the return from Russia of the islands of Kunashiri, Etorofu and Shikotan and the Habomai islets.

Koizumi seeks trust

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday he will try to build confidence between Japan and Russia at an upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, even if the two leaders cannot issue a new political document on the countries' territorial row.

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