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George Takei Launches His New Book at JANM on June 14, 2025
2025年06月06日
Images are available at janm.org/press/galleryWHAT:Celebrate the release of It Rhymes with Takei, the new graphic memoir from George Takei! George has shown the world many faces but until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing—one face he did not show the world. Now he shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay at sixty-eight, and how that moment transformed everyth...
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JANM Announces New Board Members
2025年06月06日
Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is pleased to welcome new board members to its Board of Governors and Honorary Board. Diana Abouali, Anthea M. Hartig, Hiroshi Kawano, Erika Moritsugu, and Jay Shiba joined the Board of Governors. US Represen...
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JANM Denounces Travel Ban
2025年06月06日
Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) denounces the administration’s proclamation that bans citizens of twelve countries from traveling to the US. The ban disproportionately affects African and Muslim nations. Barring travellers based solely on c...
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JANM Statement on Hate Crime in Colorado
2025年06月03日
Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the antisemitic attack on peaceful demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday. “Our hearts go out to the victims and the community that experienced this hateful attack. JANM condemns violence in a...
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JANM and the Democracy Center Host June 5 Town Hall with California Attorney General Rob Bonta
2025年05月29日
Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM)’s Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) will host Our Fragile Democracy: The Role of State Attorneys General in Upholding the Law in Times of Crisis from 2 p.m...
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Why Our Story Must Be Told
2025年05月28日
Why Our Story Must Be Told: 2025 Survey Data on Public Knowledge of the World War II Japanese American IncarcerationJoin JANM and the Japanese American Citizens League for a powerful virtual program that unveils new data on the awareness of the World War II Japanese American incarceration experience within Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.Karthick Ramakrishnan, director of th...
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JANM Statement on the Capital Jewish Museum Shooting
2025年05月23日
Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is saddened and dismayed by the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staff on the steps of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. Scapegoating of individuals based on their ethnicity in the na...
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Ireicho National Tour—Jerome and Rohwer, Arkansas
2025年05月21日 - 2025年05月22日
JANM is partnering with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel The Ireichō: Book of Names in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority concentration camps, to other Department of Justice and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites, and selected cities across the US. The tour is part of JANM on the Go, a series of programs and exhibitions presented ac...
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Ireicho National Tour—Amache
2025年05月13日 - 2025年05月17日
Appointments are no longer being accepted for this venue. JANM is partnering with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel The Ireichō: Book of Names in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority concentration camps, to other Department of Justice and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites, and selected cities across the US. The tour is part of JANM on...
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Temporary Detention: A New Multimedia Project About “Assembly Centers”
2025年05月10日
Commemorate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with the launch of the new multimedia project, Temporary Detention: A Guide to the Forced “Assembly Centers.” The website provides a past-and-present look at the fifteen temporary detention centers and the Owens Valley “Reception Center” operated by the US Army’s Western Civil Control Administration during World War II. Euphemistically c...