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  • George Takei Launches His New Book at JANM on June 14, 2025

    Jun 06, 2025

    Images are available at janm.org/press/galleryWHAT:Celebrate the release of It Rhymes with Takei, the new graphic memoir from George Takei! George has shown the world many faces but until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing—one face he did not show the world. Now he shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay at sixty-eight, and how that moment transformed everyth...

  • “Third Act” at the 41st LA Asian Pacific Film Festival at JANM

    May 04, 2025

    JANM is proud to present Third Act at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum as part of the 41st LA Asian Pacific Film Festival on Sunday, May 4. Generations of artists call Robert A. Nakamura “the godfather of Asian American media,” but his son and the director of JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, Tadashi Nakamura, calls him Dad. As Parkinson’s disease clouds Robert’s memory, Tad sets out to retrieve his story—and in ...

  • A Taste of Home: Dining Out in Japanese America

    Jan 17, 2021

    FREE Japanese immigrants have worked in, owned, and sustained restaurants in the U.S. for over a century and Japanese restaurants continue to be as integral a part of Japanese America as home cooking. In this third and final part of A Taste of Home, we will examine the past, present, and future of Japanese American restaurants and dining through a conversation with Chef Akira Hirose and Jo Ann Maehara (Azay Li...

  • On the Passing of Lawson Iichiro Sakai

    Jul 01, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA – It is with great sadness that the Japanese American National Museum acknowledges the passing of Lawson Iichiro Sakai, 96. He was a decorated member of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the founder of the Friends and Family Nisei Veterans (FFNV) group that organized annual get-togethers in Las Vegas and trips abroad for the Japanese American World War II veterans and their families. Lawso...

  • Smithsonian Institution Museum Day Live!

    Mar 12, 2016

    Free admission to JANM all day! In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, JANM is once again participating in the annual Museum Day Live! event. Inspiring Women and Girls of Color This year, JANM joins the Smithsonian Institution in encouraging all people, particularly women and girls of color in underserved communities, to explore their nation’s museums, cultur...

  • Community Day of Remembrance

    Feb 21, 2015

    PAY WHAT YOU WISH* JANM is proud to present the 2015 Day of Remembrance in partnership with the Japanese American Citizens League–Pacific Southwest District, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, and the Manzanar Committee. The event marks the 73rd anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced removal and mass incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. The 2015 Community Day...

  • KOKORO CRAFT BOUTIQUE SET FOR OCTOBER 5 AT JANM

    Sep 24, 2014

    The sixth annual Kokoro Craft Boutique, organized by volunteers at the Japanese American National Museum, will take place Sunday, October 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In appreciation of the museum’s supporters and community friends, admission to JANM that day will be "pay what you wish." Yuujou Daiko, a taiko performance group based in South San Gabriel, will perform at 1 p.m. Kokoro Craft Boutique will feature m...

  • JANM’S NEXT TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY TO CELEBRATE GROUNDBREAKING TATTOO EXHIBITION

    Jun 24, 2014

    The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will continue its popular Target Free Family Saturdays series on July 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the museum is free all day, giving families the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities as well as view current exhibitions. July’s Target Free Family Saturday will be a celebration of the groundbreaking photographic exhibition, Perseverance: Japanese...

  • Anti-Asian Bias in Academia, Is it a Problem?

    Feb 12, 2014

    FREE Reserve Now--Space is Limited Please Join Community Advocates, Inc. and 89.3 KPCC at a Live Taping of the Award-Winning "AirTalk With Larry Mantle: Are Quotas Back? Anti-Asian Bias in Higher Education, Is it Real?" Studies suggest that Asian students at highly selective universities have mean SAT scores considerably higher than their white and black classmates yet are rejected at a disproportionate ...

  • AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR ALLEN SAY TO READ FROM LATEST BOOK, 'THE BOY IN THE GARDEN', OCT. 17

    Oct 05, 2010

    Author/illustrator Allen Say, whose children’s books have won numerous awards, will read from his latest work, The Boy in the Garden, at a public program and book signing set for Sunday, October 17, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. Say has been recognized as one of the top illustrators and authors for many years. His illustration of Annetta Lawson’s book The Lucky Yak won him the New York Times ...