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  • JANM Presents Free 2025 Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 16

    Aug 11, 2025

    Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) presents the 2025 Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 16, 2025 from 12 p.m.–5 p.m. The free family festival celebrates the summer at JANM’s Democracy Center and the Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Pla...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Condemns Record Level of Antisemitic Incidents in 2022

    Apr 07, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the rise in antisemitic incidents throughout the US. According to an annual audit by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitic incidents rose by 36% in 2022. The ADL noted that there was a total of 3,697 reported incidents, with 518 cases in California. California is among the top five states with the most cases in the nation. The ADL also no...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Condemns the Murders of Keenan Anderson and Tyre Nichols

    Feb 02, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the heinous murders of Keenan Anderson and Tyre Nichols by the police—part of the systemic racism and discrimination that plagues people of color throughout America. “To deny that systemic racism and discrimination factors into violence at the hands of law enforcement is to deny that racial prejudice shapes their responses. Robbing these young...

  • 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...

  • Tea & Letter Writing: Letters of Warmth

    Dec 09, 2020

    $10 suggested donation Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation! As winter settles in, we will be writing letters of compassion and support to those currently incarcerated in Otay Mesa Detention Center in Southern California and spending some time in personal reflection. Prompts will be provided by special guests and traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Reside...

  • 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...

  • STATEMENT BY SECRETARY NORMAN Y. MINETA, CHAIR, JANM BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGARDING THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE PROGRAM

    Feb 18, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA – At the Day of Remembrance commemoration on Saturday, February 15, JANM made the decision to move a video message by Senator Mazie Hirono online rather than to screen it during the event. We have the utmost respect for Senator Hirono and for her courageous commitment to democracy and civil rights. In recognition of this, JANM conferred upon her our Award of Excellence at our annual dinner in 2018. ...

  • Target Free Family Saturdays: Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    May 10, 2014

    FREE ALL DAY! Bring out the whole family for baseball-themed fun that will sure to be a home run! In celebration for the new Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game exhibition. Schedule: •11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m.: Join Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game curators, Mark Langill (Dodgers Publications Editor & Team Historian) and Koji Steven Sakai (JANM Programs Manager) on a family-friendly gallery tour. Sign up early! 30 par...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Waterbuster

    Jun 19, 2010

    Free Screening of Waterbuster Waterbuster is a documentary chronicling the dislocation and relocation of the Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara Nation of North Dakota due to a dam that inundated their homeland along the banks of the Missouri River. It is also the personal story of the director’s family, whose life choices were influenced by this powerful reshaping of the landscape. The film examines the events that led up to ...

  • Objects And Stories From September 11 Tragedies Presented In Smithsonian Memorial Exhibition On View At The Japanese American National Museum July 1 - August 15, 2004

    Apr 16, 2004

    In its only California presentation, the acclaimed exhibition September 11: Bearing Witness to History opens at the Japanese American National Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate, on July 1, 2004. Originally organized by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the traveling exhibition evokes the memories and experiences of September 11 through images, 45 carefully selected objects, and poignant stories f...