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  • Stages of Our Stories: 60 Years of Asian American Theater at East West Players

    Dec 06, 2025

    Mark six decades of artistic excellence and community impact with East West Players (EWP) and JANM at this commemorative event. The program will highlight pivotal moments from EWP’s history through excerpts from six landmark plays—one from each decade since the company’s founding in 1965. The evening promises to be a moving tribute to the EWP artists that have shaped the Asian American theater landscape.

  • SCREENING: “Craft of Speed”—A Documentary About Mooneyes

    Dec 02, 2025

    Dive into the thirty-year story of MOONEYES with this documentary about two Japanese and Japanese American hot rodders who saved the iconic American speed parts company, built the brand MOONEYES, and popularized hot rod culture in Asia. Following the screening is a conversation with Craft of Speed producer, writer, and director Ming Lai, MOONEYES USA President Chico Kodama, and curator of Cruising J-Town, Oliver Wang...

  • FYC Screening for “Third Act” and “We Were the Scenery”

    Nov 02, 2025

    For Your Consideration screening of Third Act and We Were the SceneryBring your friends and family to the For Your Consideration screening of Third Act, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and the short film, We Were the Scenery. Variety calls Third Act “a realistic portrait of America” and “a story of perseverance and how some people make their life’s work stand for more than just a personal ac...

  • National Day of Action to Defend History News Conference and Rally Comes to Little Tokyo Aug. 23

    Aug 18, 2025

    Media AdvisoryWHAT:A National Day of Action news conference and community rally to defend the truth of World War II Japanese American incarceration history. Survivors of World War II incarceration camps along with community activists and allies will join to defend the accurate presentation of history in America’s National Parks and to honor the people and places that shape our past.The event is supported by organizat...

  • Why Our Story Must Be Told

    May 28, 2025

    Why Our Story Must Be Told: 2025 Survey Data on Public Knowledge of the World War II Japanese American IncarcerationJoin JANM and the Japanese American Citizens League for a powerful virtual program that unveils new data on the awareness of the World War II Japanese American incarceration experience within Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.Karthick Ramakrishnan, director of th...

  • Author Discussion—Writing Heroes with Naomi Hirahara & Sarah Kuhn

    Mar 26, 2022

    Virtual: $5 General Admission / FREE for Members In person: $16 General Admission* / FREE for Members *In person ticket included admission to the museum galleries. Learn more. Join award winning Japanese American authors Naomi Hirahara (An Eternal Lei) and Sarah Kuhn (From Little Tokyo, with Love) in discussion of their recently released books that explore the power of young women and the significan...

  • "When Half is Whole" by Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu

    Jun 28, 2014

    "I listen and gather people's stories. Then I write them down in a way that I hope will communicate something to others, so that seeing these stories will give readers something of value. I tell myself that this isn't going to be done unless I do it, just because of who I am. It's a way of making my mark, leaving something behind...not that I'm planning on going anywhere right now." So explains Stephen Murphy-...

  • Visible & Invisible

    Apr 07, 2013 - Aug 25, 2013

    It is believed that by the 2020 U.S. Census, a majority of Japanese Americans will identify as multiracial. Explore the diverse and complex history of the mixed-race and mixed-roots Japanese American experience. Visible & Invisible, curated by Cindy Nakashima, Lily Anne Yumi Welty, and Duncan Williams, reveals the long “mixed” history in the Japanese American community. Starting with the earliest days of immigrati...

  • 'A DIVIDED COMMUNITY' DOCUMENTARY ABOUT JA WW II RESISTERS TO BE SCREENED AT JANM ON JULY 21

    Jul 11, 2012

    A new documentary by Momo Yashima, "A Divided Community: 3 Personal Stories of Resistance", which highlights the struggles of three Japanese American World War II resisters, will be screened on Saturday, July 21, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, with a panel discussion to follow. This documentary, presented in collaboration with the George and Sakaye Aratani Endowed Chair, Asian Americ...

  • AUTHOR OF CHILDREN’S BOOK ‘MEI LING IN CHINA CITY’ TO SPEAK FEB. 7

    Feb 03, 2009

    The author of a new children’s book, Mel Ling in China City, based on the true story of a Chinese American girl, who loses contact with her Japanese American friend when her family is taken away to Manzanar during World War II, will discuss the circumstances that led her to write the book at a public program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, Feb. 7, beginning at 2 p.m. Sui Bing Tang, who w...