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  • JANM Supports Legislation to Recognize Civil Rights Activist Fred Korematsu

    Mar 06, 2025

    Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) supports efforts to recognize civil rights activist Fred Korematsu with the reintroduction of legislation for the Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act, which would posthumously award a Congressional Go...

  • My Man Kono—JANM Night at Pan Asian Rep (New York)

    Feb 28, 2025

    Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, New York, presents the World Premiere of My Man Kono through March 9, 2025.Join JANM Members and friends during JANM Night for an exciting performance of My Man Kono and a special talk-back and reception with playwright Philip W. Chung, director Jeff Liu, and the actors as part of JANM on the Go.In pursuit of the American Dream, Japanese émigré Toraichi Kono becomes a loyal confidante of ...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Chef Akira Hirose

    Oct 03, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA (October 3, 2024) – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Chef Akira Hirose. Born and raised in Kyoto, Japan, Hirose trained in Azay-le-Rideau, France, as well as Maxim’s de Paris and under Joël Robuchon at the Nikko hotel. He first came to Los Angeles to work at the noted restaurant L’Orangerie. He and his wife Jo Ann Hirose opened a French restaurant in Kyoto, before ope...

  • 2024 Benefit & Online Auction

    Embark on a journey with us on Saturday, April 6 at the Vibiana in Los Angeles for Illuminating Paths, JANM’s annual signature event that will weave poignant lessons of our past with vibrant promises of our future.

  • Democracy Center Announces the Second Annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship for Emerging Arts Writers of Color

    Jan 19, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the second annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship (Yamamoto Fellowship) with a focus on theater, dance, and performance art. The fellowship encourages emerging arts writers of color to write about works from their own cultural and political perspe...

  • JANM Relaunches the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy

    Dec 01, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Today the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) relaunched the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy as the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center). A program of JANM, the revitalized Democracy Center builds on the original vision of Senator Daniel K. Inouye. A place for education and participation, the Democracy Center examines issues ...

  • ローソン・イイチロウ・サカイのインタラクティブなストーリーファイル

    Nov 28, 2021 - Jan 05, 2025

    このインタラクティブな圧巻の新展示は、画期的なストーリーテリング・テクノロジーを用いており、来館者は第二次世界大戦の退役軍人であるローソン・イイチロウ・サカイと「話す」経験ができます。 この展覧会は、JANMがストーリーファイル社のテクノロジーを使い、非営利団体ジャパニーズ・アメリカン・ストーリーズの企画と共催によって開催するものです。この新しい展示は11月28日（日）午後10時（PST）、CBS「サンデーモーニング」のゴールデンタイムの１時間特別番組 「フォーエバー・ヤング：若さの泉を探して」で特集されました。 5日間におよんだ撮影で、サカイは1,000以上の質問に回答しました。彼のオーラル・ヒストリーは、その非凡な人生を余すところなく伝えます。サカイは、フランスのブリュイエール解放、「失われた大隊」救出、イタリアでのゴシックライン突破など、442連隊の全ての主要な作戦に参加し、４つのパープル・ハート勲章とブロンズ...

  • ‘PERSEVERANCE: JAPANESE TATTOO TRADITION IN A MODERN WORLD’ OPENS MARCH 8

    Feb 04, 2014

    Los Angeles – The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to present Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World from March 8, 2014 to September 14, 2014. Perseverance explores the artistry of traditional Japanese tattoos along with its rich history and influence on modern tattoo practices in this groundbreaking photographic exhibition. As Japanese tattoos have moved into the mainstream, the art...

  • "Hold These Truths: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi" by Jeanne Sakata

    May 19, 2013

    JABA Educational Foundation Presents: Hold These Truths: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi (formerly Dawn's Light) by Jeanne Sakata A Tribute Event for the First Anniversary of the passing of Gordon Hirabayashi During World War II in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi agonizes over U.S. government orders to forcibly remove and imprison all people of Japanese ancestry on the W...

  • Wakaji Matsumoto: An Artist in Two Worlds—Wakaji Matsumoto

    Wakaji Matsumoto was born to Wakamatsu and Haru (née Motoyama) Matsumoto on July 17, 1889, in Jigozen, Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. In 1906, Wakaji was summoned by his father, Wakamatsu, to help with work on his farm in Los Angeles. Wakaji traveled from Japan by ship to Victoria, British Columbia and from there by boat and train to Los Angeles. Wakaji first worked as a houseboy to learn English, and ...