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THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM (JANM) AWARDED NEW $1.5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE LA ARTS RECOVERY FUND

2021年05月20日

LOS ANGELES – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is honored to receive a $1.5 million grant from the LA Arts Recovery Fund that will help the Museum continue its exhibits, events and other projects after a yearlong closure. The grant, which will be paid over two years, assists JANM with rebounding after a challenging year in which the museum pivoted to online tours, programs and events, store sales,...

2019 Gala Dinner and Silent Auction—Vision and Commitment: Our Journey of Renewal

2019年04月13日

The 2019 Gala Dinner will pay tribute to its charter members—the first individuals and families to see and believe in the importance of the museum and its enduring role in our democratic society. Our vision and commitment have remained unwavering since our founding, and each new generation inspires us to further demonstrate our ongoing relevance in today’s world. Spotlighting the stories of charter members from ac...

Two-Day Workshop: Indigo, "Shibori", and the Making of an Offering Bag

2019年01月19日 - 2019年01月20日

SOLD OUT Saturday–Sunday, January 19–20 11 a.m.–4 p.m. In a departure from the regular indigo and shibori workshop, the first day of this workshop will focus on indigo and shibori dyeing of recycled fabrics and threads. Those will then be used the following day to make a replica of a komebukuro, or offering bag. These bags, in which offerings were taken to the local temple, were originally made from ...

The Asian American Movement of the 1960s–70s: JACS-AI and Activism Today

2017年09月09日

FREE with RSVP Join us for an interactive program that will look at the long history of Japanese American activism in Little Tokyo through the lens of an innovative project: Japanese American Community Services-Asian Involvement (JACS-AI). JACS-AI was a pivotal social services agency established in 1963 with funds from the shuttered Shonien children’s home, founded in 1914 by Rokuichi Kusumoto to m...

Film Screening and Discussion—"Unknown Warriors of World War II"

2017年06月03日

Join us for a screening of Unknown Warriors of World War II, a documentary film celebrating the patriotic legacy of the Japanese American soldiers of WWII, followed by a panel discussion moderated by director and producer David Ono, co-anchor of ABC7 Eyewitness News. At 10 a.m., Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) presents their annual tribute ceremony, celebrating the 18th anniversary of the Go For Br...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE LOSS OF DR. PAUL TERASAKI

2016年01月29日

The Japanese American National Museum is deeply saddened by the death of long-time supporter Dr. Paul Terasaki, who passed away January 25. He was 86 years old. Terasaki first became involved with the Japanese American National Museum in 1991, when he and his wife Hisako made a Pacesetters Gift to the museum’s campaign to restore the former Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple building, where the museum first open...

Special Book Event: "The Flowers of Edo "

2010年08月19日

In a page-turning novel set during World War II, Japanese-American Lt. Ken Kobayashi must straddle a delicate line between duty to country and honor to his family as he is assigned by General Douglas MacArthur to infiltrate the Imperial Japanese Army in the lead-up to the American invasion of the Japanese archipelago. From the deck of the U.S.S. Yorktown to the halls of the Imperial Ministry of War in Ichigaya in ...

Redress Remembered: WWII Rendition of Japanese Latin Americans

2008年10月25日

REDRESS REMEMBERED During WWII, over 2200 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry were kidnapped from 13 Latin American countries and interned in Department of Justice camps and Army facilities for the purpose of hostage exchange. Learn more about what they endured during WWII, their ongoing redress struggle to hold the US government accountable for war crimes, and lessons for present day challenges. Sp...

NATIONAL MUSEUM TO MARK 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF REDRESS

2007年09月18日

The Japanese American National Museum announced it will mark the historic occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 with a series of major events and public programs throughout 2008, including honoring community organizations and individuals who led the fight for Japanese American redress at its annual dinner and several sessions devoted to the subject at its national conferen...

George Tsutakawa: Legacy of a Pacific Northwest Artist

1998年01月24日

Seattle writer and curator Mayumi Tsutakawa will present a slide talk on the lifetime career of her father, artist George Tsutakawa. Now 87, professor Tsutakawa is retired from his work of sculpture, painting, and teaching at the University of Washington. Born in Seattle, Tsutakawa is a Kibei who lived in Japan from the ages of 7 to 17 and later served in the U.S. Army Military Intelligence School. Free with Museum a...