Asahi

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Asahi (朝日, 旭, or あさひ) means "morning sun" in Japanese and may refer to:

Cities

• Asahi, Chiba (旭市; Asahi-shi)

Wards

• Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; Asahi-ku)
• Asahi-ku, Yokohama (旭; Asahi-ku)

Towns

• Asahi, Aichi (旭町; Asahi-chō)
• Asahi, Fukui (朝日町; Asahi-chō)
• Asahi, Hokkaido (朝日町; Asahi-chō)
• Asahi, Mie (朝日町; Asahi-chō)
• Asahi, Okayama (旭町; Asahi-chō)
• Asahi, Shimane (旭町; Asahi-chō)
• Asahi, Toyama (朝日町; Asahi-machi)
• Asahi, Yamagata (Nishimurayama) (朝日町; Asahi-machi)

Villages

• Asahi, Gifu (朝日村; Asahi-mura)
• Asahi, Ibaraki (旭村; Asahi-mura)
• Asahi, Nagano (朝日村; Asahi-mura)
• Asahi, Niigata (朝日村; Asahi-mura)
• Asahi, Yamagata (Tagawa) (朝日村; Asahi-mura)
• Asahi, Yamaguchi (旭村; Asahi-son)

Companies

• Asahi Breweries, a Japanese beverage company
• Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper
• TV Asahi, a Japanese television network
• Asahi Glass Company, a Japanese chemical products manufacturer
• Asahi Optical Corporation, now known as Pentax Corporation
• Asahi Kasei, a Japanese chemical products manufacturer
• Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court, a U.S. Supreme Court case (1987)
• Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), a radio and television broadcaster in the Kansai region, Japan

People with the surname

• Kentaro Asahi, Japanese volleyball player

Other

• Asahi (automobile), a 1930s Japanese automobile
• Asahi (train), a Japanese train service name
• Japanese battleship Asahi
• Asahi Health, a Finnish health exercise
• Asahi (baseball team), a Japanese-Canadian baseball team

See also

• Hinode (disambiguation), Japanese word for "sunrise"