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  • JANM Congratulates the New Leadership of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

    Dec 05, 2024

    Editor’s note: JANM’s Pavilion to close for renovation on January 5, 2025; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) congratulates the new leadership of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) in the 119th Congress. The Museum applauds US Representative Grace Meng for being elected to serve as t...

  • JANM Book Club: Literature of Japanese American Incarceration

    Oct 12, 2024

    Join The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration editors Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung for a discussion moderated by Brian Niiya and readings from the new anthology by audiobook performers, Keone Young, Ren Hanami, and traci kato-kiriyama. About the bookThis anthology recovers and reframes the literature produced by former incarcerees and their descendants, creating a shared story of the struggle to retain persona...

  • JANM Celebrates the Book Launch of Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian-American Pop Culture

    Oct 09, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) celebrates the release of the new book Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian-American Pop Culture from 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. on Friday, October 25, 2024. Tickets are $5 and available at janm.org/events.During the book launch, author and Giant Robot founder, Eric Nakamura, will be joined by special guests Randall Park, Tamlyn Tomita, Martin Wong, and Dani...

  • 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...

  • Democracy Center Hosts the Art of Practicing Democracy Podcast on October 21, 2023

    Sep 29, 2023

    PSA WHAT: This second of four conversations about Empathy and Democracy seeks to understand how we can PAUSE in order to better navigate our lives—and our collective governance—with greater intention, compassion, and imagination. The conversation will be hosted by James E. Herr, director of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center). WHEN: October 21, 2023 from 4 p.m.– 6:30 p.m. ...

  • Tatau at Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Salt Lake City, UT)

    Aug 12, 2023 - Dec 30, 2023

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Utah Museum of Fine Arts Salt Lake City, UT Web: umfa.utah.edu/tatau Phone: 801.581.7332 Tatau: Marks of Polynesia explores the beauty of Samoan tattoos as well as the key role they play in the preservation and propagation of Samoan culture. Through photographs taken in the studio and on location in Samoa and elsewhere, Tatau showcases the work of traditional Samoan tattoo mas...

  • Discover Nikkei Celebrates 12th Edition of Nikkei Chronicles with Call for Coming of Age Stories

    Jul 05, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Discover Nikkei, a web-based project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) that promotes connections and understanding among the global Japanese diaspora, announces the 12th edition of its Nikkei Chronicles special series, an annual, themed open call for writings. This year’s theme, Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage, calls for stories, essays, and vignettes about the ways ...

  • 2022 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Tiger

    Jan 02, 2022

    EVENT UPDATE As of December 27, 2021 With the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, the Japanese American National Museum will temporarily close to the public effective immediately. The safety of our community is of paramount importance to us, as is our obligation as a public institution to do our part to support efforts to inhibit the spread of the COVI...

  • Toyo Miyatake Studios Donates Photos Taken For Rafu Shimpo To Japanese American National Museum

    Aug 01, 1996

    The Japanese American National Museum announced that Toyo Miyatake Studios, one of the nation’s oldest family-run Japanese American photography studios, has recently donated a collection of photographs that it took for The Rafu Shimpo, the largest Japanese-English publication in the continental United States, to the Museum for identification and preservation. Toyo Miyatake Studios was often called upon by the ...

  • Desire For Magic

    Artist Patrick Nagatani When asked how he would describe himself, Sansei artist Patrick Nagatani immediately responds that he considers himself to be, first and foremost, a storyteller. Unlike the traditional photographer who is considered an objective recorder of reality, Nagatani carefully sets the stage for his photographs, collages, and multimedia pieces much like a movie director arranges a set and actor...