Doh!

[gurdymonkey]

This is what comes of attempting to write something in a language that needs three writing systems! I have just been informed that the kanji I used translate to "Origin of the sun" (Japan).日本
 "Rising Sun" (Asahi) uses a single kanji that looks like this. 旭  And yes, there is a beer called "Asahi."

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[bebemochi.livejournal.com]

"Asahi" is a pretty common word--in my town there was a grocery and a dry cleaners called Asahi. There's also a very famous newspaper. They aren't all the same company--it's sort of like the word "Sunshine" in English, or something like that.
Asahi beer is pretty good, too.