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  • JANM Denounces Rise in Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation

    Jul 07, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) denounces the recent rise in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. According to the Human Rights Campaign, over 520 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced in state legislatures and seventy anti-LGBTQ+ laws have been enacted in 2023. Most recently, the US Supreme Court ruled that conservative Christian businesses have the right to refuse services for same-sex marriages...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 10—Gil Asakawa

    Oct 25, 2022

    Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews. In t...

  • Staging our Histories: Creating Masao and the Bronze Nightingale

    May 03, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join writers Dan Kwong and Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara in a conversation moderated by Kristen Hayashi around their new play, Masao and the Bronze Nightingale, which explores the story of a Japanese American jazz musician from Boyle Heights who falls for an African American jazz singer after World War II. About the show: In the aftermath of WWII, formerly-incarcerated Japa...

  • JANM’s 30th Anniversary Benefit

    Apr 30, 2022

    We cordially invite you to join us for a special evening of celebration on the historic occasion of JANM’s 30th Anniversary. We’ll reflect on all we’ve accomplished in our first three decades and the timeliness and timelessness of our mission as we continue to illluminate the Japanese American experience and promote greater understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity. Most of all, it’...

  • 120,000 STORIES with Nobuko Miyamoto and Guests

    Feb 19, 2022 - Feb 20, 2022

    FREE Los Angeles’ beloved artist Nobuko Miyamoto presents a genre-bridging concert that draws from her latest album 120,000 STORIES (Smithsonian Folkways), poignantly reflecting her experience as one of 120,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned during World War II. She is joined by producers Quetzal Flores, Derek Nakamoto and a stellar group of musicians who share her belief in the social power of music. With every pe...

  • Museum Store Sunday Book Signing—Hello Maggie!

    Nov 28, 2021

    We are pleased to welcome Shigeru Yabu and Willie Ito, author and illustrator of the children’s book Hello Maggie!, to launch their newly revised edition of the book at JANM! There will be a book signing after a brief discussion about this new edition and the upcoming animated film version. Hello Maggie! relates the true story of Shig’s childhood pet, a wild scavenger magpie bird, that was his companion while inca...

  • Members Only Virtual Conversation: Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece

    Aug 28, 2021

    All JANM Members are invited to join in an exclusive Members Only virtual discussion with curator Dr. Kristen Hayashi regarding the development of Mine Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13660, a new exhibition about Okubo’s life and art. Special guests to be announced! This program is FREE for all members, but RSVPs are required in advance at the RSVP link, by email to memberevents@janm.org, or phone at 213....

  • STATEMENT: The Japanese American National Museum Denounces Anti-Asian Deportation Statement by Congresswoman

    Jul 27, 2021

    LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) denounces the recent comments by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that served to further inflame anti-Asian hate and racism when she called for the deportation of all Chinese not deemed loyal to the United States. “Since the mid-19th century, shortly after Asians first started arriving in the United States, Asians have endured racist violence, threats...

  • Delicious Little Tokyo Food Tour

    Jul 22, 2021

    Join the Little Tokyo Historical Society (LTHS), Little Tokyo Community Council (LTCC), and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) on a journey through Little Tokyo’s culinary past, present, and future! Bill Watanabe will lead a virtual tour of historical food landmarks found in this over 130 year old neighborhood and point out cultural highlights along the way. From the birthplace of the fortune cookie to t...

  • JANM VOLUNTEERS TO PRESENT VIRTUAL KOKORO 2020 WITH CRAFT BOUTIQUE ITEMS AVAILABLE NOV. 14-30

    Nov 02, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA The Japanese American National Museum Volunteers (JANM) will present its 12th Annual Craft Boutique online with their Virtual Kokoro 2020 fundraising event set from November 14 through 30. Proceeds will benefit JANM’s Education Programs. Traditionally, the Kokoro boutique has featured as many as 55 vendors who sell unique jewelry, kimono fabric fashions, handbags, ceramics, origami, glass art an...