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JANM’s Nikkei Children’s Book Festival is on Saturday, September 20

2025年08月20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) will present the Nikkei Children’s Book Festival on Saturday, September 20, 2025. The festival will be held at the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) from 10...

JANM Condemns Federal Operation on Its Grounds

2025年08月14日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is outraged by the presence of armed federal agents on its Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Plaza today, an effort to intimidate speakers at the Museum’s Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center), which was the chosen venue for a press conference held by Governor Gavin Newsom and other state and federal elected offici...

JANM Mourns the Passing of Margaret “Marge” Wada

2024年05月10日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Margaret “Marge” Wada, a dedicated JANM volunteer for twenty-three years. She worked for the State of California for nineteen years and retired as a Manager II. At JANM she taught origami to students during school visits and supported staff with mailings and other projects. Her passion for dancing led to her to recruit and organize v...

JANM Mourns the Passing of Sakaye Aratani

2024年04月02日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns Sakaye Aratani, who passed away on March 18, 2024. Aratani grew up in Gardena, where her parents ran a chicken farm. When Pearl Harbor was bombed, her family lived with relatives in Reedley, California before being forcibly removed to the Poston concentration camp in Arizona. While visiting another camp she met her future husband, George, and they ...

Perseverance at the Middlebury College Museum of Art (Middlebury, VT)

2016年06月10日 - 2016年08月07日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION Middlebury College Museum of Art Middlebury, VT Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World is a groundbreaking photographic exhibition that explores the master craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattoos and their enduring influence on modern tattoo practices. Even as Japanese-style tattooing has moved into the mainstream, it remains an enigmatic and misunderst...

Perseverance at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA)

2015年05月29日 - 2015年11月29日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, VA Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World is a groundbreaking photographic exhibition that explores the master craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattoos and their enduring influence on modern tattoo practices. Even as Japanese-style tattooing has moved into the mainstream, it remains an enigmatic and misunderstood ar...

PROF. SCOTT KURASHIGE TO DISCUSS 'SHIFTING GROUNDS OF RACE' ON SATURDAY, JULY 30

2011年07月28日

Professor Scott Kurashige will provide insight into his book, Shifting Grounds of Race: Black and Japanese Americans in the Making of Multiethnic Los Angeles, at a public program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, July 30, beginning at 2 p.m. Among Professor Kurashige’s insights is the fact that Los Angeles, now considered one of the most diverse metropolitan areas in the world, had the sma...

'YEAR OF THE RABBIT: STAN SAKAI'S USAGI YOJIMBO' EXHIBITION TO OPEN JULY 9

2011年06月24日

The Japanese American National Museum will premiere its latest exhibition, Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo, on Saturday, July 9, featuring original art of the iconic comic book character and a new documentary on cartoonist Stan Sakai. Premiere Sponsor for the exhibition is Daruma. The show runs through October 30, 2011. Sakai’s samurai rabbit has become internationally famous since its inception 27 ...

AUTHOR JOHN CHRISTGAU TO DISCUSS TREATMENT OF 'ENEMY ALIENS' DURING WW II

2010年08月19日

Examination of the United States Government’s Enemy Alien Internment Program, which operated from 1941 to 1946, is the subject of a public program featuring author John Christgau on Saturday, August 28, beginning at 2 p.m., at the Japanese American National Museum. Christgau is the author of the book, Enemies: World War II Alien Internment, as well as a collaborator on the photo exhibit, "The Alien Enemy Files: Hi...

AUTHOR TO DISCUSS BOOK ON 'NURSE OF MANZANAR' ON JULY 18

2009年07月03日

The book, Nurse of Manzanar, based on a lost manuscript by Nisei Toshiko Eto Nakamura, who was a registered nurse when World War II broke out, will be the subject of a public program at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, July 18, beginning at 2 p.m. Samuel Nakamura, Toshiko’s only son, discovered the manuscript after his mother’s death in 1994. The manuscript was written shortly after the end of Wo...