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JANM Questions US Supreme Court’s Decision to Lift Restrictions on Race-Based Immigration Stops in the Los Angeles Area

2025年09月09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 troubled by the US Supreme Court’s decision to lift restrictions on immigration stops in the greater Los Angeles area. The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision lifted a restraining order from US District Ju...

Ireicho National Tour—Fort Lincoln, North Dakota

2025年09月05日 - 2025年09月06日

JANM is partnering 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 concentration camps, to other Department of Justice and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites, and selected cities across the US. The tour is part of JANM on the Go, a series of programs and exhibitions presented ac...

JANM is Concerned about Reports of ICE’s Presence on Terminal Island

2025年07月17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 about reports regarding the presence of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at or around the federal prison on Terminal Island, where Japanese Americans were forcibly removed ...

Democracy Center Announces the 2025 Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellows

2025年06月11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 Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) has awarded the third annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship to Heven Haile and Joyce Kwon, and the Jurors’ Award for Special Recognition to Syd Westley. A ...

JANM Announces New Board Members

2025年06月06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 pleased to welcome new board members to its Board of Governors and Honorary Board. Diana Abouali, Anthea M. Hartig, Hiroshi Kawano, Erika Moritsugu, and Jay Shiba joined the Board of Governors. US Represen...

JANM Book Club: By the Shore of Lake Michigan with Nancy Matsumoto

2025年04月27日

Celebrate National Poetry Month with By the Shore of Lake Michigan, a collection of tanka poetry originally published in 1970 by Issei immigrants Tomiko and Ryokuyō Matsumoto. Join Nancy Matsumoto, the book’s editor and the granddaughter of Tomiko and Ryokuyō, for a four-part discussion of the book, along with translators Mariko Aratani and Kyoko Miyabe, and literary scholar Eri F. Yasuhara, dean emerita of the Colle...

JANM Joins a Coalition of Museums to Unveil “On Our 250th”: A Bold National Call for Shared Dreams and Aspirations for the Nation

2025年04月25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 – As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), in partnership with The New York Historical and Made By US, launches “On Our 250th”—a dynamic, nationwide initiative celebrating our collective ...

Poetry at the Gate of Memory

2025年03月27日

Join poets Brynn Saito and traci kato-kiriyama for a reading celebrating the forthcoming April 2025 release of The Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration. Edited by Saito and Brandon Shimoda, this poetry anthology explores the afterlife of the historical yet enduring injustice of World War II–era prisons and camps. Featured readers include David Mura, Heather Nagami, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, ...

Hinamatsuri Workshop: "Kokeshi" Doll Art with Mari Inukai

2020年02月29日

SOLD OUT In celebration of Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day), paint your own prince and princess kokeshi doll set with artist Mari Inukai. Bring pictures of your favorite flowers and textile samples as reference material to paint your doll’s kimono. All generations welcome! Limited to 10 participants, however, to encourage collaboration, guests who wish to work together may sign up as a single participant; each particip...

Becoming a Family Sleuth

1997年05月17日

Workshop for Kids ages 9-12 Kids—explore the excitement of uncovering hidden stories about your own family history! Learn to gather clues from old pictures, attic antiques, and life stories. This interactive workshop will provide hands-on training for children interested in doing oral history. This is the first in a series of two workshops (see June 14 description) and requires the completion of a homework assignm...