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  • Temporary Detention: A New Multimedia Project About “Assembly Centers”

    May 10, 2025

    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...

  • Third Act screening at SBIFF

    Feb 13, 2025 - Feb 14, 2025

    Third Act will have its California Premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Visit their website for tickets.Generations of artists call Robert A. Nakamura “the godfather of Asian American media,” but filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura calls him Dad. Robert’s diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease leads to an exploration of art, activism, grief, and fatherhood.

  • JANM, NAMED ONE OF ‘AMERICA’S CULTURAL TREASURES,’ RECEIVES $5.5 MILLION GRANT OVER FOUR YEARS FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION

    Oct 16, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is honored to be selected as one of the 20 Black, Latinx, Asian, and Indigenous arts and cultural organizations designated as “America’s Cultural Treasures,” and to be the recipient of a $5.5 million grant over four years, thanks to the vision and generosity of the Ford Foundation along with other leading foundations and major donors who have pledged to don...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM STATEMENT ON THE FORCIBLE SEPARATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS

    Jun 19, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum cannot be silent in the face of the administration’s cruel and inhumane policy that forcibly separates children from their parents as they seek entry into the United States. We also cannot remain silent as the administration readies the construction of prison camps to incarcerate these children, especially not on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Civil Libert...

  • "Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance" by Karen Tei Yamashita

    Apr 06, 2014

    Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance, written by Karen Tei Yamashita and edited by Stephen Hong Sohn, is a collection of performance texts dating back as early as 1990s to 2013. Yamashita, known for her numerous highly acclaimed novels including Tropic of Orange, Brazil-Maru, and I Hotel, traces her creative roots in theater. This book gathers her artistic, humorous, and insightful stage materials that tackle iden...

  • "Umami" and "Dashi": The Taste of Japan

    Mar 22, 2014

    FREE Mamiko Nishiyama, a Kanbutsu Maestro—a master of preserved foods—will share the culture and history of dashi, the dashi artisans, and will also give practical information on how to integrate dashi ingredients in your daily cooking. Nishiyama is the proprietor of Yagicho Honten, a 300-year-old family owned traditional Japanese grocery shop in Nihonbashi, Tokyo and the leading producer of dashi products like...

  • Bringing the Circle Together:In Search of History: Navajo Code Talkers

    Aug 20, 2009

    Free Screening of In Search of History: Navajo Code Talkers Generously donated by the History Channel, this film examines how Indigenous troops used their Native language to contribute to one of the most vital roles in both World Wars. This film focuses on the Navajo Code Talkers, and will include a walkthrough of the exhibit Fighting For Democracy where Carl Gorman, a Navajo Code Talker, is honored. Special guest...

  • Film Screening and Book Signing of Projects Celebrating Seiichi Tanaka

    Nov 05, 2005

    Two projects explore the contributions of master drummer Seiichi Tanaka, founder and the director of the renowned San Francisco Taiko Dojo. The Way of Taiko written by Heidi Varian and Gayle Yamada's documentary, The Spirit of Taiko, are musts for anyone fascinated by the power of taiko as experienced by one of its leading practitioners.

  • An Afternoon of Nagauta Shamisen Music

    Apr 27, 2002

    Featuring Lillian Nakano, Madame Kikusa Katada and Tom Kurai The National Museum presents the ninth in a series of shamisen performances by California Arts Council recipients and National Museum resident artist Lillian Nakano. Special guest artists will perform the traditional Kabuki Hayashi and traditional Japanese percussion music. The program is made possible through funding from the California Arts Council.

  • A Case Study of Multiculturalism: Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i

    Oct 10, 1998

    October 10 and 17, 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. October 24, 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m. This course for teachers aims to deepen understanding of the history of both Hawai‘i and the United States as a story of diverse people sharing common dreams, strengths, and challenges. Fee: $15.00. Teachers will receive one salary point credit. For more information, please call Lloyd Kajikawa, Education Specialist at 213.625.0414, ext. ...