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JANM Announces the 2025 Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship Recipients

2025年04月10日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the recipients of the 2025 Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship. This fellowship is a yearlong professional development program designed for emerging leaders from Japan across sectors. It advances global democracy and strengthens ties between the United States and Japan by promoting democratic values. It also fosters understanding and cooperati...

POSTPONED: Defining Courage at the USC Day of Remembrance (Los Angeles)

2025年02月19日

This event has been postponed to 2026. Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier, Americans of Japanese ancestry who served in the segregated military units of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. Considered the greatest fighting units in American military history, most have never heard their extraordin...

JANM Mourns the Passing of The Rafu Shimpo Photojournalist, Mario Gershom Reyes

2025年02月04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 Mario Gershom Reyes, a longtime photojournalist for The Rafu Shimpo. He documented the milestones, tragedies, and the victories of the Los Angeles Japanese American community for four de...

JANM Mourns Losses of Los Angeles Area Wildfires

2025年01月09日

Editor’s 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) is deeply saddened by the loss of life and devastation caused by the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area. JANM feels for everyone affected by the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires in Pacific Palisades, Altade...

Target Free Family Saturday: Wear This!

2010年03月13日

FREE ALL DAY! Enjoy a day of family fun at the National Museum. March’s theme is clothing. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. With additional support provided by the Mitsubishi International Corporation. ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES: Take a close look and explore the beautiful textiles in Texture...

Transpacific Borderlands Artist Profiles

Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo examines the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California. In this series of short videos, artists featured in the exhibition discuss their work, their backgrounds, and their identities as Nikkei i...

Year of the Labbit Custom Show - Artist Interpretations

In conjunction with the exhibition, Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo (July 9 – October 30, 2011), a gathering of artists (new and old friends of the Museum) worked their creative magic on Frank Kozik’s Happy Labbit toy. Check out the photos below to view the various artists’ interpretations. Usagi Yojimbo Stan Sakai Pasadena, CA Stan Sakai is best known as the artist creator of U...

Ireichō—Venues

The Ireichō: Book of NamesTouring the United States 2025Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is honored to partner with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel The Ireichō: Book of Names in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority (WRA) concentration camps, to other Department of Justice (DOJ) and Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) incarceration sites, a...

Ireichō—Stories

The Power of Irei is a series of articles written by Sharon Yamato for JANM’s Discover Nikkei website related to the Irei: The National Monument for the World War II Japanese American Incarceration. This series will honor those individuals that are listed by interviewing people personally connected to the incarceration and offer insights into the impact this project has made on their lives.

Boyle Heights—Oral History Excerpts

Selected Excerpts of Oral History Interviews Read excerpts from over 50 oral histories conducted as part of the Boyle Heights Project. Hershey Eisenberg Leo Frumkin Freda Maddow Mollie Wilson Murphy Sandie Okada Fumi Satow Cedrick Shimo James A. Tolmasov Buddy Weber George Yoshida