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JANM Mourns the Passing of Kanji Sahara

2025年03月03日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Kanji Sahara, a JANM Charter Member and docent, a beloved community member, and visionary in the Japanese American community.Born in Hiroshima, he grew up in Los Angeles with his parents...

JANM’s Statement on the 2025 Day of Remembrance

2025年02月19日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – Today the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) commemorates the Day of Remembrance—a day that marks a historic moment of healing and celebrates the resilience of the Japanese American community. It serves as a powerful reminder of the consequences o...

The Ireichō at the Washington, DC 2025 Day of Remembrance

2025年02月18日

Join JANM in Washington D.C. for a partnership Day of Remembrance (DOR) program with the National Archives, the National Archives Foundation, The Irei Project, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, and the Japanese American Citizens League about The Ireichō, Book of Names, and the launch of its national tour.Moderated by Dr. Colleen Shogan of the National Archives, the program features panelists ...

Reception for Mario Gershom Reyes

2024年12月06日

Join us for the opening of OBRAS DE LUZ (Works of Light): A 40-Year History of the Japanese American Community through the Lens of Photojournalist Mario Gershom ReyesAs a photojournalist with The Rafu Shimpo (Los Angeles’s Japanese American newspaper since 1903), Mario Reyes has documented the milestones, the tragedies, and the victories of the Japanese American community in Los Angeles. A new pop-up exhibition at JA...

Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town at the DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon

2024年03月10日

Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town will be screening at the DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon, which will be held in-person March 8–10; virtually March 11–17. This short documentary film is being presented as part of the Shorts Program: Family. Food. Love. ABOUT THE FILM Ricky and Bobby Okamura, the current owners of Benkyodo mochi shop, make a difficult decision to close their family ...

JANM Relaunches the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy

2023年12月01日

LOS ANGELES, CA – Today the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) relaunched the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy as the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center). A program of JANM, the revitalized Democracy Center builds on the original vision of Senator Daniel K. Inouye. A place for education and participation, the Democracy Center examines issues ...

Discover Nikkei Celebrates 12th Edition of Nikkei Chronicles with Call for Coming of Age Stories

2023年07月05日

LOS ANGELES, CA – Discover Nikkei, a web-based project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) that promotes connections and understanding among the global Japanese diaspora, announces the 12th edition of its Nikkei Chronicles special series, an annual, themed open call for writings. This year’s theme, Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage, calls for stories, essays, and vignettes about the ways ...

2022 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Tiger

2022年01月02日

EVENT UPDATE As of December 27, 2021 With the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, the Japanese American National Museum will temporarily close to the public effective immediately. The safety of our community is of paramount importance to us, as is our obligation as a public institution to do our part to support efforts to inhibit the spread of the COVI...

Karen Ishizuka, Japanese American National Museum Curator, Named To National Film Preservation Board

1997年04月27日

Karen Ishizuka, media producer and Senior Curator at the Japanese American National Museum, was recently appointed by the Librarian of Congress to the National Film Preservation Board whose mission is to ensure the survival, conservation and increased public availability of America’s film heritage. The board is composed of 40 members and alternates representing the film industry, archives, scholars and filmmak...

Toyo Miyatake Studios Donates Photos Taken For Rafu Shimpo To Japanese American National Museum

1996年08月01日

The Japanese American National Museum announced that Toyo Miyatake Studios, one of the nation’s oldest family-run Japanese American photography studios, has recently donated a collection of photographs that it took for The Rafu Shimpo, the largest Japanese-English publication in the continental United States, to the Museum for identification and preservation. Toyo Miyatake Studios was often called upon by the ...