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The Japanese American National Museum Warns of Erasure of History with the Proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project

2023年04月17日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) warns of the erasure of World War II Japanese American history if the Lava Ridge Wind Project is approved. Overseen by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the project proposes to build up to 400 wind turbines on 76,000 acres surrounding the Minidoka National Historic Site in southern Idaho. The BLM is accepting comments from the public on the draft pro...

Film Screening: Before They Take Us Away

2023年04月15日

Tickets to this program include admission to JANM for Saturday, April 15, 2023. Pricing reflects general museum admission pricing. Learn more about visiting JANM at janm.org/visit. Join us for a screening of the new film, Before They Take Us Away, which captures the lesser known stories of Japanese Americans who voluntarily removed themselves from the West Coast in the wake of Executive Order 9066 during ...

The Japanese American National Museum Condemns Scholastic’s Request to Remove Racism from Author’s Note

2023年04月14日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the request from Scholastic’s Rising Voices Library to remove the words “virulent racism” and a paragraph about racism throughout American history from the author’s note in Love in the Library, an illustrated children’s book by Maggie Tokuda-Hall about the World War II Japanese American incarceration. Rising Voices Library pairs diverse books wit...

Nima Voices: Episode 12—Kristen Nemoto Jay

2023年04月11日

FREE Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, int...

The Japanese American National Museum Decries Racist Rhetoric Against Asian American Business Leaders in Los Angeles

2023年04月12日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries racist rhetoric against Walter Wang, CEO of Los Angeles-based pipe manufacturer JM Eagle, Dominic Ng, the CEO of East West Bank, and other Asian American business leaders in Los Angeles. A conservative news outlet recently published a story that wrongfully accused Wang, Ng, and former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti of supporting the Chinese Commu...

The Japanese American National Museum Condemns Record Level of Antisemitic Incidents in 2022

2023年04月07日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the rise in antisemitic incidents throughout the US. According to an annual audit by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitic incidents rose by 36% in 2022. The ADL noted that there was a total of 3,697 reported incidents, with 518 cases in California. California is among the top five states with the most cases in the nation. The ADL also no...

The Japanese American National Museum Presents Before They Take Us Away on April 15, 2023

2023年04月03日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present a live screening of Before They Take Us Away on Saturday, April 15, 2023 from 2 p.m.–4 p.m. Tickets are included in the price of admission to JANM ($16 for adults and $9 for seniors, students, and youth) and can be purchased at janm.org/events. Before They Take Us Away captures the previously untold stories of Japanese Americans who volunt...

POSTPONED: Two-Day Beginners Workshop: Wonderful World of Washi

2023年04月01日 - 2023年04月02日

EVENT UPDATEThis event has been postponed to a later date. The new date will be posted online as soon as it is determined.Thank you and apologies for any inconvenience caused. Explore the wonderful world of washi! In this class, participants will cover a variety of wooden beads with delicate washi, traditional Japanese paper. Participants will then combine those handmade beads with selective commercial beads and arra...

NCPD@JANM Announces the Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship for Emerging Writers of Color

2023年03月27日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum (NCPD@JANM) announces the Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship (Yamamoto Fellowship). The Yamamoto Fellowship will be awarded to two emerging writers of color who have demonstrated commitment to writing about the art of communities of color and whose unique perspectives or points of view contribute to...

JANM ORGANIZES 2021 YEAR OF THE OX ACTIVITIES, EVENTS WITH ITS ‘OSHOGATSU VIRTUAL FAMILY FESTIVAL’ FROM JAN. 3 TO 8

2020年12月28日

Los Angeles, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will celebrate the New Year with its “Oshogatsu Virtual Family Festival: 2021 Year of the Ox” featuring interactive, offline festivities for all ages including multi-lingual story times, play performances and a JANM membership raffle for participants beginning on Sunday, January 3, 2021 and running through Friday, January 8, 2021. This virtual festival is...