Asahi

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Asahi (朝日 or 旭) means "morning sun" in Japanese. It is a name of several places in Japan:

• a city:
  • Asahi, Chiba (旭市; Asahi-shi)
• a ward of the city of Osaka:
  • Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; Asahi-ku)
• several towns:
  • Asahi, Aichi (旭町; Asahi-chō)
  • Asahi, Fukui (朝日町; Asahi-chō)
  • Asahi, Hachiōji, Tokyo (東京都八王子市旭町; Asahi-chō)
  • Asahi, Hokkaido (朝日町; Asahi-chō)
  • Asahi, Machida, Tokyo (東京都町田市旭町; Asahi-machi)
  • Asahi, Mie (朝日町; Asahi-chō)
  • Asahi, Nerima, Tokyo (東京都練馬区旭町; Asahi-machi)
  • 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)
• several 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)
• several companies:
  • Asahi Breweries is a Japanese beer company.
  • Asahi Shimbun is a Japanese newspaper.
  • TV Asahi is a Japanese television network.
  • Asahi Glass Company is a Japanese chemical products manufacturer.
  • Asahi Optical Corporation, now known as Pentax Corporation.
  • Asahi Kasei is a Japanese chemical products manufacturer.
  • Asahi (automobile), a 1930s Japanese automobile
  • Asahi Spectra USA Inc. is a Japanese optical products manufacturer.
• law:
  • Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court: U.S. Supreme Court case (1987)
• ship:
  • Japanese battleship Asahi
• Beer:
  • Asahi beer