JS Asashio (SS-589) was the seventh ship of the Harushio-class submarine of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

[1] Asashio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 24 December 1992 as the 1992 plan 2400-ton submarine No.

30 November 2001, Swedish of Kockums Naval Solutions of license production from the company Sterling-type AIP started the stern extension construction of 9m for mounting at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works.

12:49: Spring, a Panama-registered chemical tanker sailing from Chita to China during levitation training at Hyuga-nada (31 ° 37'N / 131 ° 56'E), about 50km east of Aburatsu Port, Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture.

The 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters sent documents to the Miyazaki District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of accidental traffic accidents (the captain was suspended on the 6th, the crew including the patrol chief (1st lieutenant), and the commander of the submarine fleet, a total of 5 people were removed.