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JANM Welcomes New Board Members

2025年01月30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) welcomes six new members to its boards of trustees and governors. Jane Yada joined the board of trustees and Shinichi Fujinami, Nate Gyotoku, David Inoue, Stan Masamitsu, Rick Noguchi, Lisa Sasaki, George Tan...

Solidarity: The Black Panther Party Discusses the History and Future of Coalition Building

2023年08月26日

Decades ago, the common experiences of Japanese Americans and Black citizens developed into a coalition that worked to support their communities. Join us as we engage in a panel with former Black Panther Party members to learn about the historical context of the Party’s work with Japanese Americans, and what a future roadmap for continued and expanded solidarity with all marginalized communities looks like in 2023 an...

JANM Mourns the Passing of Trustee Thomas Masami Yuki

2023年01月23日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of Thomas Masami “Tom” Yuki, a member of the Museum’s Board of Trustees. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 10, 2022. He was eighty-seven years old. Tom Yuki was born on June 29, 1935, in Salinas, California, to Takeo and Miyoko Yuki. His grandfather emigrated from the town of Kaita in Hiroshima, Japan,...

2023 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Rabbit

2023年01月08日

FREE ALL DAY Join us as we welcome the Year of the Rabbit with cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages! Traditional mochitsuki (Japanese rice pounding ritual) performance by Kodama Taiko Candy sculpture demonstrations by Shan Ichiyanagi (Shan the Candyman) Koto and calligraphy performances Author-led interactive storytimes Fun Oshogatsu and Year of the Rabbit-i...

Upper Level Members and VIP Reception: “A Life in Pieces”

2021年09月10日

Members at the Sustaining level and above are invited to a special reception and brief program celebrating the exhibition A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami with Judy Hayami and members of the Hayami family. By invitation only. Invitations were mailed in mid-August. Masks are required for all visitors, regardless of vaccination status, except for children age two and younger.

Nima Voices: Episode 5—Jay Horinouchi

2021年07月06日

Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews. Joi...

KOKORO CRAFT BOUTIQUE SET FOR OCTOBER 1 AT JANM

2017年09月05日

Los Angeles, CA—The ninth annual Kokoro Craft Boutique, organized by volunteers at the Japanese American National Museum, will take place Sunday, October 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Yuujou Daiko, a taiko performance group based in South San Gabriel, will perform at 1 p.m. Admission to the boutique is free. Kokoro Craft Boutique will feature more than 50 vendors selling unique jewelry, kimono fabric fashions, Giant R...

NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORING JAPANESE LATINO AND LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS TO OPEN AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2017年08月24日

Los Angeles, CA Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo, a new exhibition opening at the Japanese American National Museum on September 17, will examine the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California. The exhibition will show how ethni...

SANTA ANITA ASSEMBLY CENTER REUNION SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 15 AT JANM

2017年03月02日

The Santa Anita Assembly Center Committee, in partnership with the Japanese American National Museum, will present a reunion and public remembrance of the opening of the Assembly Center 75 years ago, beginning a dark chapter in United States history when the government denied the civil rights of Japanese Americans. On Saturday, April 15, 2017, surviving incarcerees, their families, and their descendants’ families w...

Ansel Adams at Manzanar—Article

A Glimpse of the Elusive Truth Ansel Adams at Manzanar By Lisa Itagaki I believe that the arid splendor of the desert, ringed with towering mountains, has strengthened the spirit of the people of Manzanar…From the harsh soil they have extracted fine crops; they have made gardens glow in the firebreaks and between the barracks. Out of the jostling, dusty confusion of the first bleak days in raw barracks they h...