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  • Musician June Kuramoto to be Celebrated in Program of Music at JANM on October 19

    Sep 23, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – In Japanese, Ichigo Ichie translates to “One chance, one opportunity.” This is the theme of the Arigato event, a program celebrating the noted koto musician and 2024 NEA National Heritage Fellow June Kuramoto on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 2 p.m. in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). Tickets are $50 ($40 for JANM Members) and are available at janm.org/ev...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Gary Y. Okihiro

    May 29, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of renowned author and scholar, Gary Y. Okihiro. He was a visiting professor of American studies at Yale University, professor emeritus of international and public affairs at Columbia University, and founding director of Columbia’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race. “Okihiro’s work was instrumental to and deeply valued by J...

  • 2024 Day of Remembrance

    Feb 19, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Today is the Day of Remembrance, a somber day that commemorates real people and families who were unjustly imprisoned during World War II when President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. As JANM commemorates this anniversary, I recall my grandfather, Fred Jiro Fujioka, who helped many Southern California Issei establish their businesses and farms. I also think about my ...

  • JANM’s Democracy Center Launches Inaugural Norman Y. Mineta Distinguished Lecture Series on January 26, 2024

    Jan 12, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present the inaugural Norman Y. Mineta Distinguished Lecture with guest speaker Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans, at 6 p.m. on Friday, January 26, 2024, at JANM’s Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center). The talk launches the Norman Y. Mineta Distinguished Lecture Series, a signature series of ...

  • 2023 Benefit & Auction

    Thank you to everyone who joined us in person or via live-stream for JANM’s 2023 Benefit & Auction! On behalf of the Board, staff, and volunteers, thank you to our sponsors and to everyone who helped to make our hybrid fundraiser such a success. Your generous support and faith in our mission means so much to us. Thank you for lifting us up with your generosity and unwavering commitment to JANM.

  • Tales of Little Tokyo

    Jan 11, 2020

    Two performances: 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. FREE! Tales of Little Tokyo is a live theatrical reading of memories drawn from over 50 interviews with Los Angeles residents about their relationship to the oldest and largest Japanese American community in the United States. Today this 135+ year old landmark of Japanese American history faces serious threats to its existence as the relentle...

  • FREE SCREENING OF "CRIMSON KIMONO," CLASSIC FILM NOIR MOVIE FILMED IN LITTLE TOKYO, SET FOR JANM ON OCT. 17 AS PART OF HAUNTED LITTLE TOKYO FILM FESTIVAL

    Oct 01, 2019

    Los Angeles, CA A free outdoor screening of the classic Sam Fuller movie, The Crimson Kimono (1959), will be held in the plaza of the Japanese American National Museum on Thursday, October 17, beginning at 8 p.m. This event is part of the annual Haunted Little Tokyo Film Festival and is organized in partnership with Visual Communications and JANM. The Crimson Kimono is a groundbreaking film on several levels. F...

  • JANM’S FREE OSHOGATSU FAMILY FESTIVAL WELCOMES THE YEAR OF THE BOAR

    Dec 11, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present its annual Oshogatsu Family Festival on Sunday, January 6, 2019, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the new year celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities is free and all ages are welcome to help ring in the Year of the Boar. Highlights of the day will include two mochitsuki (rice pounding) de...

  • NEW ‘JIVE BOMBER’ CAST LEARNS REAL HISTORY FROM JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS

    Dec 01, 2000

    LOS ANGELES—In preparing for the new production of the critically-acclaimed musical “A Jive Bomber’s Christmas" set for shows at the Japanese American National Museum on Dec. 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 and 17, the show’s creators wanted their new cast to have a clear understanding of the characters they would be portraying in this play located in a World War II U.S. concentration camp where thousands of Japanese Americans ...

  • New "Jive Bomber" Cast Learns Real History From Japanese American National Museum Volunteers

    Dec 01, 2000

    In preparing for the new production of the critically-acclaimed musical A Jive Bomber’s Christmas set for shows at the Japanese American National Museum on December 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, and 17, the show’s creators wanted their new cast to have a clear understanding of the characters they would be portraying in this play located in a World War II U.S. concentration camp where thousands of Japanese Americans were un...