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STATEMENT: JANM MOURNS THE PASSING OF POET AND ACTIVIST JANICE MIRIKITANI

2021年08月04日

LOS ANGELES – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of acclaimed poet and longtime community activist Janice Mirikitani. She was 80. “With her husband, the Rev. Cecil Williams, Janice dedicated her life to helping the poor and the oppressed. Together, at Glide Memorial Church, in the Tenderloin section of San Francisco, they were tireless advocates and champions of the Bay Area’s homeles...

STATEMENT: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM URGES SENATE TO QUICKLY APPROVE THE AMACHE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE ACT TO PROTECT WORLD WAR II COLORADO CONCENTRATION CAMP

2021年08月02日

LOS ANGELES—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) applauds the House of Representatives for passing bi-partisan legislation that will preserve the Amache National Historic site which was a 1940s concentration camp near Granada, Colo. where 7,300 people of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated during World War ll. The bill, the Amache National Historic Site Act (H.R. 2497), will permanently protect the form...

STATEMENT: The Japanese American National Museum Denounces Anti-Asian Deportation Statement by Congresswoman

2021年07月27日

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) denounces the recent comments by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that served to further inflame anti-Asian hate and racism when she called for the deportation of all Chinese not deemed loyal to the United States. “Since the mid-19th century, shortly after Asians first started arriving in the United States, Asians have endured racist violence, threats...

Delicious Little Tokyo Food Tour

2021年07月22日

Join the Little Tokyo Historical Society (LTHS), Little Tokyo Community Council (LTCC), and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) on a journey through Little Tokyo’s culinary past, present, and future! Bill Watanabe will lead a virtual tour of historical food landmarks found in this over 130 year old neighborhood and point out cultural highlights along the way. From the birthplace of the fortune cookie to t...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS

2021年07月15日

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has announced four new members to its Board of Trustees. “Each of these new board members brings invaluable skills and foresight to the governance and future of JANM,” said Secretary Norman Y. Mineta. “We are grateful for their activism and dedication to the mission of the Museum.” Taiji Terasaki has been named a Trustee; and Gregory G. Nakahira, Lisa S...

The Big Games in Little Tokyo

2021年07月11日

FREE Come together to celebrate the strength and history of Japanese American athletics! Join in a day of performances, exhibitions, demonstrations, and activities to wish all the athletes competing this year luck and safety and learn about the Olympic games in Little Tokyo past and present. This program is presented in partnership with the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), the Japanese American Cultura...

Not Yo’ Butterfly with Nobuko Miyamoto (ft. Quetzal Flores)

2021年07月10日

$10 general / FREE for members Join Nobuko Miyamoto for a virtual celebration of her new album and memoir! She will be joined in conversation and performance by Quetzal Flores via Zoom. About the book: Not Yo’ Butterfly: My Long Song of Relocation, Race, Love, and Revolution, a new memoir, is the intimate and unflinching life story of Miyamoto—artist, activist, and mother. Beginning with the harrowing...

A Life in Pieces

2021年07月09日 - 2022年01月09日

A Los Angeles native, Stanley Hayami is an ordinary American teenager from Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra writing in his journal about school and his dreams of becoming an artist or writer. But this is 1942, and his Japanese American family is imprisoned at Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming. The young teen’s words and sketches are a window into his everyday life and feelings. Stanley opens up about hi...

Nima Voices: Episode 5—Jay Horinouchi

2021年07月06日

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, interviews. Joi...

TOUR, SCREENING, AND ARTIST TALK MARK CLOSING OF JANM’S "TRANSPACIFIC BORDERLANDS"

2018年01月29日

Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will offer a trio of exhibition-related public programs for the closing weekend of Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo, on February 24 and 25. They include a curator-led exhibition tour, a film screening and live musical performance, and an artist talk about cultural representation. On S...