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, Hachioji, 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 (Murayama) (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 the Japanese beer company.
- Asahi Shimbun is the Japanese newspaper.
- TV Asahi is the 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.