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  • 2025 Benefit & Online Auction

    Apr 12, 2025

    Celebrate our critical past, dynamic present, and ambitious future in the heart of downtown Los Angeles at Unlocking the Future, JANM’s 2025 Benefit and Online Auction. Embark on a major renovation with us to amplify our stories, inspire a more just future, and honor the legacy of the Japanese American community.Enjoy a special live performance by Judith Hill and celebrate the legacies of inspirational community lead...

  • Defining Courage at UC Berkeley

    Apr 04, 2025

    Friday, April 4 • 8 p.m.University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CA Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier—Japanese Americans who served in the segregated units of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. Produced and narrated by ABC7-Los Angeles news anchor and filmmaker David Ono, Defining Courage h...

  • World Premiere of Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement at the VC Film Fest

    May 04, 2024

    JANM is proud to present the world premiere of Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement, at the VC Film Fest in Los Angeles on May 4, 2024. Experience this new sweeping documentary from JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal that follows the life of visionary artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her work that changed Asian America forever. Featuring rare archival footage, Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Mo...

  • On 22: Twenty-Two Years of Creativity

    Oct 21, 2023

    Join On Ensemble—one of the most respected ensembles in the taiko world—as they celebrate twenty-two years of creativity with a special performance at JANM. Established in 2002 by childhood friends Shoji Kameda and Masato “Maz” Baba, On Ensemble infuses the powerful rhythms of taiko with a wide range of musical influences from jazz and rock to central Asian overtone singing. Modern Drummer magazine calls them “an ...

  • The Democracy Center Celebrates Civic Season with a Dance Performance and More on June 24, 2023

    Jun 02, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (the Democracy Center) at JANM celebrates Civic Season (Juneteenth–July 4) with a dance performance and more on Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 4 p.m.–7 p.m. on the JANM Plaza. This event is free and open to the public; RSVPs are recommended and can be made at janm.org/events/calendar. Civic Season unites America’s newest and oldest federal holid...

  • Perseverance at the Middlebury College Museum of Art (Middlebury, VT)

    Jun 10, 2016 - Aug 07, 2016

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Middlebury College Museum of Art Middlebury, VT Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World is a groundbreaking photographic exhibition that explores the master craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattoos and their enduring influence on modern tattoo practices. Even as Japanese-style tattooing has moved into the mainstream, it remains an enigmatic and misunderst...

  • Perseverance at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA)

    May 29, 2015 - Nov 29, 2015

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, VA Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World is a groundbreaking photographic exhibition that explores the master craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattoos and their enduring influence on modern tattoo practices. Even as Japanese-style tattooing has moved into the mainstream, it remains an enigmatic and misunderstood ar...

  • PROF. SCOTT KURASHIGE TO DISCUSS 'SHIFTING GROUNDS OF RACE' ON SATURDAY, JULY 30

    Jul 28, 2011

    Professor Scott Kurashige will provide insight into his book, Shifting Grounds of Race: Black and Japanese Americans in the Making of Multiethnic Los Angeles, at a public program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, July 30, beginning at 2 p.m. Among Professor Kurashige’s insights is the fact that Los Angeles, now considered one of the most diverse metropolitan areas in the world, had the sma...

  • 'YEAR OF THE RABBIT: STAN SAKAI'S USAGI YOJIMBO' EXHIBITION TO OPEN JULY 9

    Jun 24, 2011

    The Japanese American National Museum will premiere its latest exhibition, Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo, on Saturday, July 9, featuring original art of the iconic comic book character and a new documentary on cartoonist Stan Sakai. Premiere Sponsor for the exhibition is Daruma. The show runs through October 30, 2011. Sakai’s samurai rabbit has become internationally famous since its inception 27 ...

  • AUTHOR JOHN CHRISTGAU TO DISCUSS TREATMENT OF 'ENEMY ALIENS' DURING WW II

    Aug 19, 2010

    Examination of the United States Government’s Enemy Alien Internment Program, which operated from 1941 to 1946, is the subject of a public program featuring author John Christgau on Saturday, August 28, beginning at 2 p.m., at the Japanese American National Museum. Christgau is the author of the book, Enemies: World War II Alien Internment, as well as a collaborator on the photo exhibit, "The Alien Enemy Files: Hi...