The Japan Lawyers Association for Freedom has unanimously adopted a resolution seeking the disclosure of all the facts in the Feb. 9 sinking of the Japanese high school fisheries training ship Ehime Maru by the submarine USS Greeneville.
The resolution, adopted Monday, also calls for damages and the prevention of similar accidents.
The association, a human-rights group headed by Nao Ugajin that promotes freedom, peace and democracy in Japan, adopted the resolution at a research debate meeting in the city of Kochi.
Attempts are being made to have the accident "settled calmly" with "light punishments" for related officers, leaving important facts undisclosed, the resolution states. "The Japanese government is also trying to 'resolve' the case through deals without seeking the truth."