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JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM STATEMENT ON THE FORCIBLE SEPARATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS
2018年06月19日
Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum cannot be silent in the face of the administration’s cruel and inhumane policy that forcibly separates children from their parents as they seek entry into the United States. We also cannot remain silent as the administration readies the construction of prison camps to incarcerate these children, especially not on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Civil Libert...
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Film Screening and Discussion—The Ito Sisters: An American Story
2018年06月16日
This engaging 2017 documentary from director Antonia Grace Glenn focuses on the experiences of Issei and Nisei women whose voices have largely been excluded from American history. At the heart of the film are three Nisei sisters: Natsuye (Nancy), Haruye (Lillian), and Hideko (Hedy), who were born on a farm in the Sacramento River Delta and whose lives were directly impacted by significant historical events s...
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JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES FIRST VENUES FOR EATON COLLECTION DISPLAY
2018年06月14日
Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will bring its pop-up display of the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, which was saved from the auction block in 2015 through the efforts of Japanese American community leaders and activists, to five venues during June and July. These venues are the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC), the Tule Lake Pilgrimage, the Minidoka Pil...
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CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE TO COMMEMORATE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF WWII JAPANESE AMERICAN 100TH INFANTRY BATTALION/442ND RCT
2018年06月13日
Los Angeles, CA—The nonprofit Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) today announced that the California State Senate plans to adopt a resolution commemorating the 75th anniversary of the formation of the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, the venerable Japanese American World War II unit. The resolution, to be presented by California State...
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JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM APPOINTS KAREN ISHIZUKA CHIEF CURATOR
2018年06月06日
Los Angeles, CA—Ann Burroughs, President and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum, has announced the appointment of Karen L. Ishizuka to the position of Chief Curator. Ishizuka’s charge is to develop and chair a national Scholarly Advisory Council to help shape the museum’s curatorial direction and intellectual agenda. Ishizuka was previously on staff at the museum as media producer, curator, and director ...
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Dan Kwong: "What? No Ping Pong Balls"
2018年06月03日
Performance artist Dan Kwong teams up with taiko artist Kenny Endo for this moving and hilarious tribute to Kwong’s rebellious late mother, Momo Nagano. Kwong traces Nagano’s journey from her all-American girlhood in Los Angeles to World War II incarceration camp, her life as a single mother raising four kids, and her transformation from housewife to Venice Beach artist. By including video interviews with other Ja...
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"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour in Japanese
2018年06月03日
日系移民と日系アメリカ人の歴史を紹介する常設展「コモン・グラウンド」を日本語でご案内します。 ツアーは無料(入館料のみ)、予約不要です。
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"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour
2018年06月02日
Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.
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JANM SETS 14TH SUMMER FESTIVAL ON THE COURTYARD FOR AUG. 11
2012年07月26日
The Japanese American National Museum is organizing its 14th Annual Summer Festival on the Courtyard event under the theme, "Japanese American Olympics", on Saturday, August 11, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival, which coincides with the first day of the Nisei Week Japanese Festival in Little Tokyo, is free and open to the public. With the London Summer Olympic Games about to conclude that weekend, JANM will org...
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PROF. SAKAMOTO TO EXPLAIN CULTURAL CONFLICTS FOR JAPANESE AMERICANS AT NATIONAL MUSEUM ON JULY 28
2012年07月17日
Dr. Arthur Sakamoto, a professor of sociology at the University of Texas-Austin, will discuss the inherent conflicts between aspects of Japanese and American culture and how it has historically affected Japanese Americans in a public program set for Saturday, July 28, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. Professor Sakamoto will lecture on "Japanese and American Aspects of the Japanese Amer...