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  • JANM Sets the Record Straight About Comparisons Between the Treatment Received by January 6 Rioters and World War II Japanese American Incarcerees

    Oct 18, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries the former President’s comparison of the treatment received by Japanese American incarcerees during World War II to those involved in the January 6 assault on the US Capitol. The comparison was meant to support the former President’s claim that they were unfairly treated by the federal justice system.“We must set the record straight: This is an eg...

  • Defining Courage at the Neuhaus Theatre at the Alley, Houston, TX

    May 20, 2024

    ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY! Monday, May 20, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. Neuhaus Theatre at the Alley Houston, TX Defining Courage is a gripping and emotional journey into the legacy of Nisei veterans, a segregated combat team of Japanese American soldiers that fought during World War II and that remains the most highly decorated unit in US Army history. Drawing upon decades of filmmaking and investigative journa...

  • Cruising J-Town Community Scanning Event

    May 18, 2024

    Bring your photographs and documents related to Japanese American car culture for scanning as part of the research behind JANM’s summer/fall 2025 exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Nikkei Car Culture in Southern California. When registering, please select your preferred time slot. We are especially looking for items related to: Drag racing culture of the 1950s–’70s The Nisei Week Cruise in the 1970s and ’80s I...

  • National Trust for Historic Preservation Names Little Tokyo to Endangered List

    May 01, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA, May 1, 2024 – Today the National Trust for Historic Preservation announces that the historic Little Tokyo district in downtown Los Angeles is on the Trust’s annual list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Established in 1884, Little Tokyo has endured over a century of adversities, including the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, demolition and con...

  • Let’s Get It Right! Replacing World War II Euphemistic Language: The Retelling of the Nikkei Incarceration Experience

    Aug 27, 2011

    The program will deal with the urgent need to promote the use of accurate terminology in describing the WW II incarceration experience of people of Japanese descent. Mako Nakagawa who promoted the JACL resolution from its inception with the Seattle JACL Chapter, and on to gaining unanimous support from the National JACL Board and overwhelming supportive vote from the National JACL Council. The primary goal of this r...

  • "Vanished: Lompoc’s Japanese, Of One Hundred Families Only Two Returned "by John V. McReynolds

    Jun 18, 2011

    The story of tiny Lompoc, California, where a vibrant and varied Nikkei community with 40 year roots was dispossessed in 1942 and denied return, it was pieced together from interviews with more than 80 survivors, uncommonly candid reports by a War Relocation agent on the scene, and from local newspaper accounts. “There are threats about burning my house if I have any more Japanese in my home,” wrote George Kimbel, a ...

  • Class of 1997 Asian American New Wave Reunion Round Table

    Oct 03, 2009

    FREE! Please join us for the round table discussion with Michael Aki, Chris Chan Lee, Quentin Lee, Justin Lin, Eric Nakamura and Rea Tajiri at 9:30PM on Saturday Oct 3, 2009 after the free 8PM screening of SHOPPING FOR FANGS at ID FIlm Fest (www.idfilmfest.org): The round table will be moderated by Giant Robot's Martin Wong. A free after party will follow with sake provided by Sho Chiku Bai. The round tab...

  • The Magical World of Children’s Books—2nd Sunday for Families

    Oct 08, 2000

    What makes a good children's book? How do the illustrator and author work together to tell a story? How do you get your children interested in reading these books? An afternoon of informative discussions for adults and fun activities for kids.

  • ‘WELCOME WEEKEND’ HIGHLIGHTS OPENING OF PAVILION FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM JAN. 23-24

    Jan 01, 1999

    LOS ANGELES—The Japanese American National Museum will celebrate the Public Opening of its new 85,000-square-foot expansion Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo with a festive “Welcome Weekend” on Saturday, Jan. 23, and Sunday, Jan. 24 including a series of community performances, workshops, demonstrations and storytelling. Saturday will begin the Welcome Weekend with a morning Community Dedication, a Co...

  • Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty! - Press

    For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Media access to Hello! is by advance arrangement only. Please contact at least 2 business days in advance of your intended visit. Press Photo Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)