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Defining Courage at UC Berkeley

2025年04月04日

Friday, April 4 • 8 p.m.University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CA Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier—Japanese Americans who served in the segregated units of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. Produced and narrated by ABC7-Los Angeles news anchor and filmmaker David Ono, Defining Courage h...

Online Conversation and Q&A—Houses for Peace: Exploring the Legacy of Floyd Schmoe

2020年08月05日

FREE Wednesday, August 5: 7 P.M. (PDT) | 4 p.m. (HST) Thursday, August 6: 11 a.m. (JST) In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, join a conversation on what today’s audiences can learn and build on from the story of Floyd Schmoe, a lifelong grassroots activist for peace. The conversation will build on the documentary Houses for Peace (2018), that tells the story of Schmoe, who ...

STATEMENT BY ANN BURROUGHS, JANM PRESIDENT AND CEO, ON THE PASSING OF DEAN MATSUBAYASHI, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER

2019年09月07日

"On behalf of the Trustees, Governors, Staff, Volunteers, and Supporters of the Japanese American National Museum, I wanted to convey our deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of Dean Matsubayashi and to the Little Tokyo Service Center on his recent passing. "As the Executive Director of the Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), Dean built on the foundations laid by his predecessor and mentor Bill Wat...

"Nisei Stories of Wartime Japan"

2015年06月20日

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry who were in Japan at the time were barred from returning to the United States until after the war ended. Through ten interviews that encompass a range of experiences and attitudes, this documentary film takes an inside look at the experiences of the stranded American citizens. Discussion to follow with mother-and-son fil...

10th Anniversary of Public Opening of the National Museum's Historic Building

2002年05月15日

10th Anniversary of Public Opening of the National Museum's Historic Building

An American Son: The Story of George Aratani, Founder of Mikasa and Kenwood

2001年11月10日

Meet nisei entrepreneur George Aratani and author Naomi Hirahara as they share the inside story behind the making of An American Son, the inaugural publication of the Museum's American Profiles Series. This biography focuses on George Aratani's journey, which takes him from the fields of Guadalupe and Santa Maria, to the scorching deserts of Gila River, into the Military Intelligence Service, and out into the fast-pa...

A Process of Reflection

1999年07月27日 - 2000年01月30日

In May 1942, Issei artist Hisako Hibi (1907–1991) and her family were sent to U.S. concentration camps along with over 120,000 other Japanese Americans. An active artist in the Bay Area, Hibi continued to paint during her three years in the Topaz, Utah concentration camp. Her World War II incarceration paintings miraculously survived several decades, including a move to New York City and then to San Francisco. T...

Envisioning Asian American Identities: Aesthetics, Politics, and Culture

1998年01月31日

Symposium At the University of Southern California, Harris Hall 101 This afternoon symposium will address the question of Asian American identity in visual culture by exploring the art and cultural historical issues raised by the exhibition Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions: Asian American Artists and Abstraction. Speakers and participants will include art historians, anthropologists, cultural historians, an...

The Art of Tea Ceremony

1997年08月17日

Demonstration Featuring: Ogasawara School of Tea Ceremony Madam Shuyu Hara of the Ogasawara School of Tea Ceremony will demonstrate the art of tea ceremony which helps to develop concentration and appreciation of beauty. Free with Museum admission. Reservations Required.

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