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

Cities

Asahi, Chiba is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 64,690 in 26,510 households and a population density of 500 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Asahi is located in far northeaster ...

(旭市; ''Asahi-shi'')

Wards

Asahi-ku, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located in the northeast of the city, near the satellite town of Moriguchi. It was split off from Higashinari in 1932. Asahi-ku itself is further divided into the following areas (towns); Shimizu, Moris ...

(旭区; ''Asahi-ku'') *

Asahi-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward has an estimated population of 249,045 and a population density of 7,600 persons per km². The total area is 32.77 km². Geography Asahi is ...

(旭; ''Asahi-ku'')

Towns

Asahi, Aichi was a town located in Higashikamo District, north-central Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of September 1, 2004, the town had an estimated population of 3,553 and a population density of 110.65 persons per km². Its total area was 32.11 km². ...

(旭町; ''Asahi-chō'') *

Asahi, Fukui was a town located in Nyū District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,463 and a density of 208.12 persons per km². The total area was 45.47 km². On February 1, 2005, Asahi, along with the town of ...

(朝日町; ''Asahi-chō'') *

Asahi, Hokkaido was a town located in Kamikawa (Teshio) District, Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2004, the town had an estimated population of 1,799 and a density of 3.45 persons per km2. The total area was 522.01 km2. On September 1, 20 ...

(朝日町; ''Asahi-chō'') *

Asahi, Mie is a town located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,041 in 4247 households and a population density of 1800 persons per km2. The total area of the town was . Geography Asahi is located in northeastern Mie Pr ...

(朝日町; ''Asahi-chō'') *

Asahi, Okayama was a town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town ...

(旭町; ''Asahi-chō'') *

Asahi, Shimane was a town located in Naka District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 3,076 and a density of 23.92 persons per km². The total area was 128.57 km². On October 1, 2005, Asahi, along with the towns ...

(旭町; ''Asahi-chō'') *

Asahi, Toyama is a town located in Shimoniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,574 and a population density of 51.1 persons per km. Its total area was . The town claims to be the birthplace of beach volleyball. ...

(朝日町; ''Asahi-machi'') *

Asahi, Yamagata (Nishimurayama) 270px, Mount Asahi is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population and a population density of 36 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Asahi is located in mountainous central Yamaga ...

(朝日町; ''Asahi-machi'')

Villages

Asahi, Gifu was a village located in Ōno District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,088 and a population density of 11.14 persons per km². The total area was 187.37 km². On February 1, 2005, Asahi, a ...

(朝日村; ''Asahi-mura'') *

Asahi, Ibaraki was a village located in Kashima District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 11,825 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of vol ...

(旭村; ''Asahi-mura'') *

Asahi, Nagano is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 4,569 in 1533 households, and a population density of 63.4 persons per km². The total area of the village is . Geography Nagawa is located in the ...

(朝日村; ''Asahi-mura'') *

Asahi, Niigata was a village located in Iwafune District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The village was named after the Asahi Mountains. As of 2005, the village had an estimated population of 11,836 and a density of 18.69 persons per km². The total area was 629 ...

(朝日村; ''Asahi-mura'') *

Asahi, Yamagata (Tagawa) was a village located in Higashitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. The village was not related to the town of Asahi in the same prefecture or the adjacent Asahi in Niigata Prefecture. On October 1, 2005, Asahi, along with the towns ...

(朝日村; ''Asahi-mura'') *

Asahi, Yamaguchi was a village located in Abu District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,091 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. ...

(旭村; ''Asahi-son'')

Companies

Asahi Breweries is a Japanese global beer, spirits, soft drinks and food business group headquartered in Sumida, Tokyo. In 2019, the group had revenue of JPY 2.1 trillion. Asahi's business portfolio can be segmented as follows: alcoholic beverage business (4 ...

, a Japanese beverage company * ''

Asahi Shimbun is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition and ...

'', a Japanese newspaper *

Asahi Production is a Japanese animation studio established on 1 June 1973. It is located in Nerima, Tokyo. History Asahi Production was founded in 1973, initially establishing itself as a specialized shooting studio and PR movie company. At its inception, T ...

, a Japanese animation company *

TV Asahi JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Compan ...

, a Japanese television network *

Asahi Glass Company , formerly Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.'(旭硝子株式会社), is a Japanese global glass manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo. It is the largest glass company in the world and one of the core Mitsubishi companies. The company is listed on t ...

, a Japanese chemical products manufacturer * Asahi Optical Corporation, now known as

Pentax is a brand name used primarily by the Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company Ricoh for DSLR cameras, lenses, sport optics (including binoculars and rifle scopes), and CCTV optics. The Pentax brand is also used by Hoya Corporation ...

Corporation *

Asahi Kasei is a multinational Japanese chemical company. Its main products are chemicals and materials science. It was founded in May 1931, using the paid in capital of Nobeoka Ammonia Fiber Co., Ltd, a Nobeoka, Miyazaki based producer of ammonia, nitri ...

, a Japanese chemical products manufacturer *

Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court ''Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court'', 480 U.S. 102 (1987), decided on February 24, 1987, was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court decided whether a foreign corporation, by merely being aware that its prod ...

, a U.S. Supreme Court case (1987) *

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region. On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divisions ...

(ABC), a radio and television broadcaster in the Kansai region, Japan

People

*, Japanese footballer *, Japanese announcer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese singer, member of South Korean band

Treasure Treasure (from la, thesaurus from Greek language ''thēsauros'', "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovered. Some jurisdictions leg ...

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Asahi (automobile) The Asahi was made by Miyata Works Ltd, Tokyo, from 1937 to about 1939. It was a light car, powered by a 730 cc 2-cylinder engine that drove the front wheels. It had a two-seater body and independent suspension all around.Odin, L.C. ''World ...

, a 1930s Japanese automobile *

Asahi (motorcycle) Miyata is a Japanese manufacturer of bicycles, The company has been in operation since 1890. Miyata was also one of the first producers of motorcycles in Japan under the name Asahi. The Asahi AA was the first mass-produced motorcycle in Japa ...

, a Japanese motorcycle brand *

Asahi (train) The was a limited-stop train service that operated until November 2002 in Japan on the Joetsu Shinkansen high-speed line between Tokyo and Niigata. Operations The ''Asahi'' shinkansen services ran approximately hourly, with two down services ...

, a Japanese train service name *

Japanese battleship Asahi was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships itself, the ship was designed and built in the United Kingdom. Shortly after her arr ...

Asahi Health ''Asahi'' (or ''Asahi Health'') is a Finnish health exercise based on the eastern traditions of T'ai chi ch'uan, qigong, yiquan and yoga, with a western scientific viewpoint. Asahi is designed to suit everybody, regardless of physical condition ...

, a Finnish health exercise *

Asahi (baseball team) 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� ...

, a Japanese-Canadian baseball team * Asahi Azumane (東峰旭), a character from ''

Haikyu!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 ''tankōbo ...

'' with the position of wing spiker from Karasuno High *

Asahi Gakuen Asahi Gakuen (あさひ学園 "School of the Rising Sun"), or the Los Angeles Japanese School (ロス・アンジェルス補習授業校 ''Rosu Anjerusu Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), is a part-time Japanese school in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.R ...

(あさひ学園) Los Angeles Japanese School *

Asahi River The Asahi River is a river in Okayama Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Squ ...

(旭川), a river in Okayama Prefecture, Japan *

Asahi Linux Asahi Linux is a porting project to develop support for Linux on Apple devices, Linux on Apple hardware, specifically Apple silicon-powered Macintosh , Macs, allowing them to run alternative operating systems in addition to macOS. The software d ...

, an initiative to port Linux to recent Apple devices * "Asahi", a song by Animals as Leaders from the album ''

Parrhesia In rhetoric, parrhesia is a figure of speech described as "speak ngcandidly or ... ask ngforgiveness for so speaking". This Ancient Greek word has three different forms, as related by Michel Foucault. ''Parrhesia'' is a noun, meaning "free speec ...

'' *

Asahi University is a private university in Mizuho, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The school was first founded in 1971 as Gifu Dental University (岐阜歯科大学 ''Gifu Shika Daigaku''). It was renamed Asahi University in 1985 when the management department was added ...

, a private university in Mizuho, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

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