Nisshin
Nisshin, Nissin (pronounced the same, written as 日清, 日新, 日真, etc.) in Japanese may refer to:
Geography
- 日進市: Nisshin, Aichi, a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, near the city of Nagoya
- 日進村: Nisshin, Saitama, a former town that is now Kita ward of the city of Saitama, Saitama
Companies
Several unrelated companies:
日清
- Nissin Foods, worldwide instant ramen maker
- Nisshin Seifun Group
- Nisshinbo Industries, maker of car brakes
日新
- Nisshin Steel
日信
- Nissin Kogyo, maker of car brakes, a Honda keiretsu company
Other uses
- 日親: Nisshin (monk), (1407–1488)
- 日真: the name of several monks of Nichiren Buddhism and Nichiren Shoshu
- 日進: name given to several ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, including:
- Japanese cruiser Nisshin that served in the Battle of Tsushima
- Japanese seaplane carrier Nisshin that was sunk in the Bougainville Strait in July 1943
- Nisshin (Japanese warship), launched in 1869
See also
- 日新丸: Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling ship that was targeted by activist group Sea Shepherd in February 2007
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