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  • 9th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Virtual Celebration

    May 26, 2022

    FREE Marvel at the amazing and creative ways that writers can imagine Little Tokyo and expand the fictional boundaries of the Japanese American experience. Each year, the Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest heightens awareness of Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo by challenging both new and experienced writers to write a story that captures the spirit and essence of Little Tokyo and the people in it. In this virtu...

  • POSTPONED: Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Arthur Hansen

    Jan 22, 2022

    EVENT UPDATE Due to the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, this program is postponed until further notice. All those who have already RSVPed will be contacted when a new date is set. 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 ...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 6—Christine Piper

    Sep 07, 2021

    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...

  • Tea & Letter Writing: care for the kids

    Jun 09, 2021

    Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation! This month we will be exploring self and community love through creative prompts provided by traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM, and Mya Worrell, zine maker and writer. We will also be taking time to write letters of support and affirmation to migrant children currently held in influx facilities in Pom...

  • Why Is the Modern World So Angry?

    Mar 01, 2018

    American mass shooters. Islamic terrorists. Vengeful nationalists. Racist presidents. Social media misogynists. In today’s world, paranoid hatred—and the wrath of the people who spread it—is inescapable. Where does all the rage come from? Join Zocalo and JANM at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum for a discussion with Panjak Mishra, author of Age of Anger: A History of the Present for a discussion moderated by Gregory R...

  • "Moving Day"

    Jul 01, 2017 - Aug 11, 2017

    March 23 – August 11, 2017 Daily from sunset to midnight In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, JANM presents Moving Day, an outdoor public art installation. The work consists of a series of projections of the Civilian Exclusion Orders that were publicly posted during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM CONDEMNS ALL CALLS FOR MUSLIM INCARCERATION CAMPS

    Jun 08, 2017

    Los Angeles, CA The Japanese American National Museum condemns recent and ongoing rhetoric calling for the mass incarceration of people of the Muslim faith. Citing the unlawful incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II as a precedent or justification for the unlawful targeting of Muslims, or any other group, demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of one of the most shameful chapters in United ...

  • "Moving Day"

    Jun 01, 2017 - Aug 11, 2017

    March 23 – August 11, 2017 Daily from sunset to midnight In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, JANM presents Moving Day, an outdoor public art installation. The work consists of a series of projections of the Civilian Exclusion Orders that were publicly posted during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal...

  • "Moving Day"

    May 01, 2017 - Aug 11, 2017

    March 23 – August 11, 2017 Daily from sunset to midnight In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, JANM presents Moving Day, an outdoor public art installation. The work consists of a series of projections of the Civilian Exclusion Orders that were publicly posted during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal...

  • JANM’S 2013 GALA DINNER THEME ‘VISION, VALUES, VOICES’ TO REMEMBER, REFLECT, AND CELEBRATE THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE ON APR. 13

    Apr 09, 2013

    Los Angeles, CA - The Japanese American National Museum will welcome close to 1,000 attendees at its 2013 Gala Dinner, Silent Auction & After-Party on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Returning to the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, the Dinner theme, Vision, Values, Voices, will highlight how the National Museum has successfully shared the significance and relevancy of the Japanese American experience to...