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  • May 2025 Member Appreciation Days

    May 05, 2025 - May 11, 2025

    Find the perfect gifts for the kids and moms in your life during Member Appreciation Days this year! JANM Members will receive a 20% discount at janmstore.com during Member Appreciation Days from Kodomo no Hi (Monday, May 5) through Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 11).Since the physical JANM Store is closed during the renovation of the Pavilion building, we have extended the usual three days to a week of savings on qualif...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Welcomes the Passage of two Japanese American History Bills in the Omnibus Appropriations Package

    Dec 23, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum celebrates today’s passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 is an omnibus bill that will provide annual funding for the federal government and the passage of a variety of bills including the Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American C...

  • JANM Digital Film Festival: Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game Q&A

    Jul 10, 2020

    FREE From their original roots in Brooklyn to today’s home in Los Angeles, the Dodgers are trailblazers in the world of sports, on and off the field. The franchise is dedicated to supporting a culture of winning baseball, providing a first-class, family-friendly experience at Dodger Stadium and maintaining strong partnerships in the community. In 2014, JANM collaborated with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pete...

  • A Celebration of Life: Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga

    Sep 02, 2018

    Join family and friends as they gather to celebrate the life of Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga: warrior, activist, researcher, friend, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother. Details and RSVP on Facebook.

  • Legacies of Postwar Japan’s “War Bride” Era

    Jun 30, 2018

    FREE During and shortly after the US-Allied Occupation of Japan, the Japanese women who fraternized with soldiers often met opposition from their families and were shunned by other Japanese. Many mixed-race children faced severe prejudice for being “impure” and born from the former enemy. This symposium brings together various stakeholders to tell the stories of the war brides and their children. By focusing on...

  • JANM Mourns Passing of George Aratani

    Feb 21, 2013

    Japanese American National Museum’s statement on the passing of George Aratani: The Japanese American National Museum mourns the recent passing of George Aratani, founder of Mikasa Dinnerware and Kenwood. In addition to be being an extremely successful and respected businessman, George was an inspiration as a philanthropist and community leader. Along with his wife, Sakaye, George’s commitment to various community...

  • The Community Day of Remembrance

    Feb 21, 2009

    FREE ALL DAY! The Day of Remembrance is held each year to commemorate President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. EO 9066 authorized the unconstitutional forced removal of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the west coast and Hawai'i during World War II. Mass incarceration of Japanese Americans was accepted by the majority of US Citizens because of the racial prejud...

  • The Poetry of Japanese Gardeners

    Jun 23, 2007

    To mark the opening of Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden, this program explores the poetry of Japanese gardeners. Author and Edgar Award-winner Naomi Hirahara and Sunny Seki, director of the Rashin Senryu and author of The Tale of the Lucky Cat discuss the creative parallel between beautifully crafted senryus and Japanese gardens. Poetry readings by retired gardener and director of the Pioneer Senryu gr...

  • Film Screening of "Taking Care of Their Own: The Story of Yellow Brotherhood"

    May 12, 2005

    Taking Care of Their Own chronicles the thirty-year evolution of Yellow Brotherhood, an Asian American self-help organization, through its founders who started the group in the 1960s, and their children who carry on its legacy through a youth basketball program. Coming to grips with their parents' unjust camp experience during World War II and overcoming their own struggles with drug abuse and gang violence, the orig...

  • Copyright Policy

    Japanese American National Museum Copyright Policy Notification of Copyright InfringementThe Japanese American National Museum (the “National Museum”) respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same.It is the National Museum’s policy, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe or are repeatedly ...