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JANM Book Club: The Poet and the Silk Girl with Satsuki Ina and Adrian Tomine

2026年02月07日

Join The Poet and the Silk Girl author Satsuki Ina and acclaimed graphic novelist Adrian Tomine for a conversation about the intergenerational impact of the Japanese American World War II incarceration experience. From the deep trauma of the past to the alarming and familiar turmoil of today’s political moment, they will discuss the power of art and family to foster understanding, healing, community, and societal cha...

Echoes of History: Inspiring Civic Action and Building Democracy

2026年01月23日

Join the Democracy Center at JANM and meet the thinkers, artists, organizers, and civic leaders confronting authoritarianism today. Hear from keynote speakers Agnès Callamard of Amnesty International, Robert Evans of the Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here podcasts and Glenn Kaino, an acclaimed contemporary artist. Panelists include JANM President and CEO Ann Burroughs, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Tha...

JANM is Deeply Concerned by the Shooting of Renee Good and Ongoing Escalation of Force in Minneapolis

2026年01月16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) is deeply concerned and saddened by the ongoing escalation of intimidation tactics and force that led to the killing of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a poet, writer, wife, mother, and US citizen, in Minneapolis,...

2026 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Horse

2026年01月11日

Celebrate the New Year and welcome the Year of the Horse during the Japanese American National Museum’s 2026 Oshogatsu Family Festival at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center! The 2026 festival includes free crafts, performances, and cultural activities for all ages.Traditional mochitsuki (Japanese rice pounding ritual) performance by Kodama TaikoCandy sculpture demonstrations by Shan Ichiyanagi (Shan th...

JANM Mourns the Passing of Marsha Aizumi

2025年12月26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 Marsha Aizumi. She was a beloved community leader, advocate, and founder of Okaeri, a program of the Little Tokyo Service Center. Okaeri means “welcome home” in Japanese and the program ...

JANM on the Go will Bring Special Exhibitions, Public Programs throughout Greater LA and Beyond in 2025 and 2026

2024年08月21日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces JANM on the Go, the Museum’s lively schedule of special exhibitions, public programs, family festivals, education programs, and more on the JANM campus, throughout Little Tokyo, the greater Los Angeles area, Southern California, and across the US and Japan. “JANM is a cornerstone of the Little Tokyo community and a powerhouse on the national and...

JANM Book Club with Tritia Toyota

2024年06月23日

Join Tritia Toyota in conversation with Valerie Matsumoto around Toyota’s new book Intimate Strangers: Shin Issei Women and Contemporary Japanese American Community, 1980–2020, which explores the lives of Japanese women migrating to the US and the specific challenges and trials they faced as both women and recent immigrants.About the book:Intimate Strangers explores the stories of resilient shin Issei women who migra...

JANM Book Club Hosts Conversation on Tritia Toyota’s New Book about Shin Issei Women

2024年06月06日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and UCLA will present a conversation with Tritia Toyota and Valerie Matsumoto about Toyota’s new book, Intimate Strangers: Shin Issei Women and Contemporary Japanese American Community, 1980–2020, at JANM on Sunday, June 23, 2024 from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 ($9 for seniors and students, free for JANM Members) and are available at janm.org/events...

The Oath of the Sword—Film Screening and Discussion

2023年05月28日

JANM presents the premiere screening of the recently restored silent film The Oath of the Sword at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles. Once thought to be lost, this 1914 film by the Japanese American Film Company was recently rediscovered by scholar Denise Khor at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. When Masao leaves Japan to study at UC Berkeley, he also leaves his lover, Hisa, who i...

Allen Say’s Journey

2000年07月28日 - 2001年02月11日

Allen Say’s Journey: The Art and Words of a Children’s Book Author is the first retrospective exhibition of the art of Allen Say, award-winning children’s book author and illustrator. His drawings, watercolor paintings, and prose explore themes of longing, belonging, and the meaning of “home.” Through the internal conflicts of his characters and their search for identity and self-discovery, one can glimpse into Say’s...