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  • New Film on Legendary Filmmaker Robert A. Nakamura to have Los Angeles Premiere May 3

    Apr 18, 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) announces the Los Angeles premiere of Third Act on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center as part of the 41st LA Asian Pacific Film Festival presented by Visual...

  • Author Conversation—A Rebel’s Outcry: Biography of Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii

    Sep 03, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Celebrate the release of the award-winning biography of civil rights leader, Sei Fujii, with a special 10th anniversary screening of the short film Lil Tokyo Reporter and a discussion around the biography. The conversation will include filmmaker and publisher Jeffrey Gee Chin and Academy Award-winner Chris Tashima, and actress Keiko Agena. This program is prese...

  • "Hinamatsuri" Afternoon Tea

    Mar 01, 2014

    Mothers, daughters, ladies (and men in their lives) of all ages are welcome to bring their dolls and join us for afternoon tea at the Chado Tea Room to celebrate Hinamatsuri. Known as Doll’s Festival or Girl’s Day, Hinamatsuri is a special day in Japan where families celebrate the health and happiness of their young daughters. Hina dolls will be on display for the duration of the event, only for event attendees. ...

  • Beyond the Bad and the Ugly: Stereotypes and Asian American Pop Culture - A Summit

    Mar 23, 2013

    Tickets for the event can be purchased here. JANM MEMBERS: Members receive $5 off of their tickets! Please contact agiffen@janm.org for your discount code. In 1914, Sessue Hayakawa became the first Asian American actor to break through on the silver screen, appearing in movie pioneer Thomas Ince’s silent classic The Typhoon, and launching a career as one of the most popular and well-paid stars in the nascent Ho...

  • TRAVELING EXHIBITION HONORS ARAB AMERICANS IN MILITARY, PEACE CORPS, DIPLOMATIC CORPS

    Feb 08, 2013

    Los Angeles’ Arab American community spotlighted Los Angeles, CA, February 6, 2013—Arab Americans have been an integral part of the United States of America since its inception, contributing to our society in myriad ways, including representing and defending American ideals through public service. Long the target of negative stereotypes, Arab Americans even found themselves dubbed “guilty by association” follo...

  • UNION BANK OF CA. CEO MASAAKI TANAKA NAMED TO MUSEUM BOARD OF GOVERNORS

    Aug 28, 2008

    The Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum today announced the appointment of Mr. Masaaki Tanaka, President and Chief Executive Officer of UnionBanCal Corp. and its primary subsidiary, Union Bank of California, N.A., to the institution’s Board of Governors, effective immediately. The Trustees held their quarterly meetings at the National Museum in Little Tokyo on August 1 and 2, 2008. Members o...

  • A Time of Innocence

    Oct 20, 2007

    Author Sanae Kawaguchi in conversation with Art Hansen Published in Japan in 2005, A Time of Innocence tells the poignant story of Japanese-American families who escaped the West Coast during the brief period of "voluntary evacuation" and made their dangerous way into the interior to avoid confinement in the government camps. This fictional account of the families' hardships, travails, and triumphs captures an emoti...

  • Day of Remembrance

    Feb 15, 2003

    Day of Remembrance (DOR), the community's annual commemoration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 and the World War II exclusion and incarceration of Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans. The 2003 DOR marks the 61st anniversary of the signing of the Executive Order. The National Museum, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR), the Pacific Southwest District JACL, and lo...

  • Day of Remembrance

    Feb 16, 2002

    Day of Remembrance (DOR) is the Japanese American community's annual commemoration of President Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 and the World War II exclusion and incarceration of Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans. This year's observance is particularly noteworthy, as 2002 marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066. The National Museum, NCRR, the Pacific Southwest Dist...

  • Japanese American National Museum To Feature Paintings By Henry Sugimoto In First Retrospective Exhibition

    Mar 24, 2001

    The first retrospective exhibition of paintings by Henry Sugimoto (1900-1990) will open on March 24, 2001 at the Japanese American National Museum in the heart of the Little Tokyo Historic District in Los Angeles. Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience is a survey of Sugimoto’s paintings as well as an examination of the Japanese American experience as seen through the work of an artist whose life and art w...