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Discover Nikkei’s Nima Voices: Episode 4—Alberto Matsumoto & Mónica Kogiso

2021年04月27日

FREE on Discover Nikkei YouTube ¡Únase a nosotros para nuestro primer episodio en idioma español! Sepa sobre nuestro colaborador de Descubra a los Nikkei, Juan Alberto Matsumoto, mientras es entrevistado por nuestra anfitriona invitada, Mónica Kogiso. Alberto y Mónica son ambos nisei, originalmente de Escobar, Argentina. Ellos hablarán sobre las comunidades argentinas japonesas y los nikkei latinoamerican...

STATEMENT: JANM WILL KEEP THE FOCUS ON FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE BEYOND THE DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL

2021年04月21日

LOS ANGELES – Yesterday’s verdicts in Minneapolis are an important reminder that the nation should remain focused on overcoming centuries of prejudice and social inequities. We recognize that the jury’s verdict to convict Derek Chauvin does not reverse the fact that the murder of George Floyd is part of a long history of systemic racism against people of color. But we are hopeful that the decision is a step toward he...

They Called Us Enemy: An Intergenerational Conversation on Racial Justice

2021年04月15日

Join us for this intergenerational conversation on racial injustice and reconciliation highlighted in George Takei’s graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy. The book recounts the memories of Takei’s imprisonment in a WWII Japanese American concentration camp. June Berk, former WWII incarceree and JANM volunteer, will be interviewed by Abbi-Hope Jihye Park and Abigail Eun, two Los Angeles-area high school stud...

Tea & Letter Writing: To Our Future Selves

2021年04月14日

$10 suggested donation Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation! This month we're thrilled to have Mitsuko Brooks join us to share inspiration and practice with her mail art and inspire our own artistic mailings. traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM, will host two rounds of creative writing in reflection of the past year and looking ahead to ...

Celebrating Kodomo no Hi

2021年04月09日 - 2021年05月23日

May 5th is celebrated annually in Japan and in Nikkei communities around the world as Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day). The day is celebrated by displaying koinobori—carp-shaped windsock with the carp arranged from largest to smallest in different colors to denote the father, mother, and children. Other traditional symbols and special foods include samurai dolls, kabuto (helmet), and kashiwa mochi (azuki-filled rice cak...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM SETS REOPENING FOR APRIL 16

2021年03月25日

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will reopen to the public on weekends beginning Friday, April 16. Admission is free but with reserved tickets only; no walk-in admissions. “JANM has always been a vibrant gathering space for our local communities and visitors from across the nation and the globe to come together to reflect, to learn and to celebrate,” said Ann Burroughs, President and CEO ...

SANTA ANITA ASSEMBLY CENTER REUNION SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 15 AT JANM

2017年03月02日

The Santa Anita Assembly Center Committee, in partnership with the Japanese American National Museum, will present a reunion and public remembrance of the opening of the Assembly Center 75 years ago, beginning a dark chapter in United States history when the government denied the civil rights of Japanese Americans. On Saturday, April 15, 2017, surviving incarcerees, their families, and their descendants’ families w...

NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORING LIFE AND CAREER OF GEORGE TAKEI OPENING AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2017年02月27日

Los Angeles, CA A new exhibition exploring the life and career of pioneering actor, activist, and social media icon George Takei will open at the Japanese American National Museum on March 12. New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei creates a portrait of a unique individual while offering an innovative means of engaging with the social history of America. The exhibition features numerous never-before-seen p...

NEW JANM EXHIBITION TO FEATURE ORIGINAL EXECUTIVE ORDER AUTHORIZING WWII INCARCERATION OF JAPANESE AMERICANS, ON LOAN FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

2017年01月26日

From February 18 to August 13, 2017, the Japanese American National Museum will present Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, a new exhibition that commemorates the 75th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the tragic and unlawful incarceration of 120,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry during World War II. For the first three month...

JANM ANNOUNCES HONOREES AND THEME FOR 2017 ANNUAL GALA DINNER

2016年11月15日

The Japanese American National Museum will hold its annual Gala Dinner and Silent Auction on May 6, 2017, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles. The evening’s theme will be Reconnecting with the Past, Forging Our Future and the honorees will be Irene Hirano Inouye, the museum’s founding Executive Director; Bruce T. Kaji, a founding Director and the founding President of the museum; and Tom Ikeda, ...