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Nikkei Children’s Book Festival
Sep 20, 2025
Dokushyo no Aki means “fall is for reading,” expressing the sentiment that the cozy and short days of autumn are the best time to pick up a book. Jump into the reading season with our Nikkei Children’s Book Festival and celebrate the breadth and diversity of children’s literature across the Japanese American community. The festival will be full of author storytimes for kids, Q&As for adults, activities for all ages, ...
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JANM Raised Over $1.2 Million at the 2025 Benefit
Apr 15, 2025
The Museum Honored Toshizo Watanabe and Nobuko Miyamoto with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Judi Oyama with the Award of ExcellenceLOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) hosted its annual Benefit and Online Auction at the JW Marriott on Saturday, April 12, 2025. This year’s theme, Unlocking the Future, celebrated JANM’s critical past, dynamic present, and ambitious future through stories o...
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Films of Remembrance
Mar 08, 2025
Films of Remembrance is the premier showcase of films commemorating the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans in American concentration camps during World War II, presented by the Nichi Bei Foundation. JANM is excited to be hosting some of the screenings on March 8. Please visit the Films of Remembrance website for film descriptions, to purchase an All-Day Pass or individual screening tickets, and to view screen...
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JANM to Relaunch the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy on December 1, 2023
Nov 15, 2023
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will relaunch the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy as the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) on Friday, December 1, 2023. The relaunch will include remarks by James E. Herr, director of the Democracy Center, and Bill T Fujioka, chair of the JANM Board of Trustees. Musical performances wil...
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Target Free Family Saturday: Say Cheese!
Mar 14, 2009
FREE ALL DAY! Come enjoy picture taking workshop and craft activities for the whole family. Keeping checking back for program schedule! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. All day craft activities: Look carefully and see what you discover in the Museum’s galleries by going on a photo scaven...
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America's Concentration Camps Exhibition Set For Ellis Island Immigration Museum In March 1998
Jul 10, 1997
The award-winning exhibition, America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience, which drew record crowds to the Japanese American National Museum in 1994 and 1995, will be a featured exhibit at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City beginning on March 30, 1998. The exhibition provides the broad outline of the experience of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry who were...
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Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo—Press
Press For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Press Image Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)
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Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo—Resources
Explore additional JANM resources about Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo. We will be adding more, so please keep checking back!
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What We Carried - Artist’s Statement
In 2007, I began interviewing returning soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. I expected to hear chest thumping and Fox News-like talking points like “We are fighting them over there so we don’t have to fight them over here.” I heard none of that from the soldiers. I heard profound remorse and anger about their participation in U.S. interventions in the Middle East. Many of the vets have become radicals and an...