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  • The Japanese American National Museum Hosts the World Premiere of the Documentary We Said No No!

    Oct 05, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the world premiere screening of We Said No! No!, on Saturday, October 15, 2022 from 2 p.m.–4 p.m. in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. General tickets are $20 and JANM Member tickets are $10. We Said No! No! tells the story of civil disobedience at the Tule Lake Segregation Center through a group of Japanese Americans who were deemed disloyal bec...

  • Reading of Velina Hasu Houston’s "Madame Butterfly"

    Oct 19, 2019

    FREE What is the "real" story of Madame Butterfly? In John Luther Long’s 1898 short story, Madame Butterfly, the demise of the fictional lead character is quite a bit different than depicted in the famed story in Giacomo Puccini’s similarly named opera or the reincarnation of that female essence in Cameron Mackintosh’s Miss Saigon musical theatre play. In a new play and film, Velina Hasu Houston explores...

  • Special Engagement Opening: Colors of Confinement

    May 03, 2014

    Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in WWII opens to the public after 2 p.m. Read an interview with curator Eric Muller on Discover Nikkei. READ NOW

  • An American Son: The Story of George Aratani, Founder of Mikasa and Kenwood

    Nov 10, 2001

    Meet nisei entrepreneur George Aratani and author Naomi Hirahara as they share the inside story behind the making of An American Son, the inaugural publication of the Museum's American Profiles Series. This biography focuses on George Aratani's journey, which takes him from the fields of Guadalupe and Santa Maria, to the scorching deserts of Gila River, into the Military Intelligence Service, and out into the fast-pa...

  • Closing of the display "Beyond the Call of Duty: Honoring the 24 Japanese American Medal of Honor Recipients"

    Aug 12, 2001

    Closing of the display Beyond the Call of Duty: Honoring the 24 Japanese American Medal of Honor Recipients

  • 2000 Museum Silent Auction Reception & Dinner

    Mar 04, 2000

    “Celebrating the American Spirit of Sports” At the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California

  • A Process of Reflection

    Jul 27, 1999 - Jan 30, 2000

    In May 1942, Issei artist Hisako Hibi (1907–1991) and her family were sent to U.S. concentration camps along with over 120,000 other Japanese Americans. An active artist in the Bay Area, Hibi continued to paint during her three years in the Topaz, Utah concentration camp. Her World War II incarceration paintings miraculously survived several decades, including a move to New York City and then to San Francisco. T...

  • Envisioning Asian American Identities: Aesthetics, Politics, and Culture

    Jan 31, 1998

    Symposium At the University of Southern California, Harris Hall 101 This afternoon symposium will address the question of Asian American identity in visual culture by exploring the art and cultural historical issues raised by the exhibition Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions: Asian American Artists and Abstraction. Speakers and participants will include art historians, anthropologists, cultural historians, an...

  • The Other Side of Tokyo Rose: The Japanese American Voices of WWII

    Oct 11, 1997

    Hear the little known story about a small number of Japanese American civilians who served the Allies’ cause as translators and radio broadcast announcers to countermeasure the heavy propaganda by the Axis countries. This panel will include former members of the Office of War Information (OWI) of the United States and the British Political Warfare Mission (BPWM) of England, who shared the same radio station facilit...

  • The Art of Tea Ceremony

    Aug 17, 1997

    Demonstration Featuring: Ogasawara School of Tea Ceremony Madam Shuyu Hara of the Ogasawara School of Tea Ceremony will demonstrate the art of tea ceremony which helps to develop concentration and appreciation of beauty. Free with Museum admission. Reservations Required.