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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...

The Japanese American National Museum Denounces Racist Remarks from the Chancellor of Purdue University Northwest

2022年12月22日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is gravely concerned by the offensive tropes designed to mock Asian languages that Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon uttered during a commencement ceremony on December 10, 2022. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee released a letter demanding Keon’s resignation and has yet to hear from him. “As the public face and leader of the unive...

THE JAPANESE AMERICAN REDRESS MOVEMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TODAY: THIRTY YEARS OF THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988

2018年07月25日

Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) today announced new and expanded exhibitions that will explore social justice, due process and the role of Japanese American World War II veterans in the redress movement as the nation marks the 30th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. The landmark Act, signed into law by President Ronald Reaga...

Community Gathering: Moment of Remembrance

2011年04月29日

The Japanese American National Museum with the support of the Little Tokyo Community Council (LTCC) will hold a "Moment of Remembrance" community gathering for the victims of Japan’s natural disasters on Friday, April 29, in the Museum’s plaza, beginning at 2:30 p.m. The memorial gathering will include brief remarks and reflections by Rev. Noriaki Ito of Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple and Rev. Mark Nakagawa of C...

Community Day of Remembrance

2011年02月19日

Pay-What-You-Can Day! The Day of Remembrance is held each year around February 19th to commemorate the day that Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt which resulted in the incarceration of over 110,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. This year's theme, "September 11: Ten Years After” was selected because of growing anti-Muslim sentiments and attacks on mosques across the ...

GORDON YAMATE NAMED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

2010年08月18日

Attorney Gordon Yamate of San Jose assumed the position of Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Japanese American National Museum recently. Formerly Vice President and General Counsel of Knight Ridder until its acquisition in June 2006 by the McClatchy Company, Yamate worked as a partner at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enersen (now Bingham McCutchen). He is active in charitable endeavors, including as a member...

Screening: Cats of Mirikitani

2007年10月13日

"Make art not war" is Jimmy Mirikitani's motto. This 85-year-old Japanese American artist was born in Sacramento and raised in Hiroshima, but by 2001 he is living on the streets of New York with the twin towers of the World Trade Center still ominously anchoring the horizon behind him. What begins as a simple verite portrait of one homeless man becomes a rare documentary of daily life in New York in the months leadin...

LA Freewaves 2006 presents Screening and speak out: Media that Matters and other youth videos

2006年11月18日

Community Connections at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy In collaboration with Media That Matters, the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, and other Los Angeles nonprofit groups*, Freewaves will screen contemporary works by youth that address political, economic, and social issues. The program is based around the Sixth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival, a showcase for ...

finding family stories Festival

2003年04月13日

*Free to the public!* Self-Help Graphics & Art and the National Museum celebrates La Familia with a day of cultural activities for the entire family. 12:00-2:30 PM - The finding family stories Festival begins at the Japanese American National Museum. Share family stories through art. Hands-on art workshops with artists Dominique Moody and Patrick "Pato" Hebert. Special tours of the finding family stories e...

Mythology Of Cold Tofu

1998年06月12日

Join us at the Japanese American National Museum as Cold Tofu, the talented, energetic and multicultural comedy improvisational group explores their ancient roots in a free, magical evening of mythology. This legendary night of fun is on Thursday, June 25, 1998 from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. The Museum is located at 369 East First Street in the Little Tokyo Historic District of Los Angeles. Please call (213) 625-0414 for re...