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  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Trustee Thomas Masami Yuki

    2023年01月23日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of Thomas Masami “Tom” Yuki, a member of the Museum’s Board of Trustees. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 10, 2022. He was eighty-seven years old. Tom Yuki was born on June 29, 1935, in Salinas, California, to Takeo and Miyoko Yuki. His grandfather emigrated from the town of Kaita in Hiroshima, Japan,...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Mourns the Victims of Mass Shooting in Monterey Park, California

    2023年01月22日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the victims of last night's mass shooting in Monterey Park, California. Ten people were killed and at least ten others were injured when a gunman opened fire at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park on Saturday night, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. JANM will light the beacon in the Pavilion for the next month to mark t...

  • Bringing An American Vocabulary: Words to Action into the Classroom

    2023年01月21日

    FREE Join visual artist Audrey Chan, rapper jason chu, and the JANM Education Unit for this free, in-person educator workshop on bringing An American Vocabulary: Words to Action into the classroom. Chan and chu’s collaborative project An American Vocabulary: Words to Action consists of twenty-one multilingual flash cards that illustrate the four themes of ancestor, voice, persistence, and care through the port...

  • Imagine Little Tokyo 2023 Short Story Editing Workshop

    2023年01月19日

    FREE Oscar-nominated screenwriter and debut novelist Iris Yamashita and veteran writer and editor Gary Phillips will host an interactive, virtual workshop with tips on how to polish a short story before submission. Miya Iwataki, co-chair of the Imagine Little Tokyo short story committee will moderate the workshop. Iris Yamashita, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Letters from Iwojima, released her debut novel, City ...

  • Art Break with Miye Sugino

    2023年01月12日

    FREE Join Miye Sugino, JANM 30 Under 30 Changemaker, for a virtual workshop exploring memory, loss, and reclamation. Using various techniques, we will deconstruct photographs to examine memory as fallible, and reconstruct them to explore how we might gain a sense of agency over this loss. Whether your photographs are in relation to family, history, or childhood, this workshop is about wrestling with loss in order ...

  • JANM Receives Over $5.4 Million in Major Foundation, Corporate, and Government Support in 2022

    2023年01月11日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – In 2022, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) received over $5.4 million in grants from twenty-three major foundation, corporate, and government agencies. The Perenchio Foundation awarded $2,550,000, to JANM, which will provide crucial support for the Museum as a whole, allow the Museum to continue to tell the stories of Japanese Americans in innovative, educational, and eye-opening ways ...

  • 2023 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Rabbit

    2023年01月08日

    FREE ALL DAY Join us as we welcome the Year of the Rabbit with cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages! Traditional mochitsuki (Japanese rice pounding ritual) performance by Kodama Taiko Candy sculpture demonstrations by Shan Ichiyanagi (Shan the Candyman) Koto and calligraphy performances Author-led interactive storytimes Fun Oshogatsu and Year of the Rabbit-i...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Welcomes the Passage of two Japanese American History Bills in the Omnibus Appropriations Package

    2022年12月23日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum celebrates today’s passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 is an omnibus bill that will provide annual funding for the federal government and the passage of a variety of bills including the Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American C...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Decries the Rise in Antisemitic Hate Crimes

    2022年12月22日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries the rise in antisemitic hate crimes. According to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, Los Angeles experienced eighty antisemitic cases from January 1, 2022, to October 31, 2022. Most recently, a Texas man was arrested on the night of Sunday, December 18, 2022, on suspicion of carving Nazi ...

  • 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...