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  • JANM Decries Historical Erasure at Manzanar, Minidoka, and other National Parks

    Jun 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) denounces the signs at the Manzanar and Minidoka National Historic Sites, as well as at the national historic sites and parks, that encourage guests to report any information that is deemed critical of Americ...

  • Film Screening—ALTERNATIVE FACTS: The Lies of Executive Order 9066

    Feb 01, 2020

    ALTERNATIVE FACTS: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 is an award-winning documentary feature film about the false information and political influences which led to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. The film exposes the lies used to justify the decision and the cover-up that went all the way to the United States Supreme Court. ALTERNATIVE FACTS also examines the parallels to the current climate of f...

  • 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 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...

  • Evening of Poetry

    Apr 07, 2005

    The first of two evenings celebrating National Poetry Month features poets Junichi Semitsu and Amy Uyematsu.

  • Community Day of Remembrance

    Feb 21, 2004

    The Day of Remembrance commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which led to the incarceration of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans. The program will feature the premier screening of the film Stand Up For Justice, the story of 16-year-old Mexican American Ralph Lazo who voluntarily went to Manzanar to remain with his friends at a time when few stood up for Japanese Americans. The program...

  • Finding Family Stories (1998)

    Jan 22, 1998 - Apr 12, 1998

    This is the third year of Finding Family Stories, an Arts Partnership Project initiated by the Japanese American National Museum in 1995 to create a dialogue among the diverse communities that shape the state of California. In collaboration with the Skirball Cultural Center and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, this year’s exhibition presents family stories of the Japanese American, Jewish American, and...

  • Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations (2025)

    Learn about the intersection of history, culture, and community through a workshop from JANM and the National Endowment for the Humanities: “Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations."

  • 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 ...