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  • JANM Statement on the Capital Jewish Museum Shooting

    May 23, 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) is saddened and dismayed by the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staff on the steps of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. Scapegoating of individuals based on their ethnicity in the na...

  • Panel Discussion—"Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit"

    Feb 09, 2019

    Paul Kitagaki Jr., photographer of Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit, will discuss his creative process, stories about the images, and the effects this project has had on those both behind and in front of the camera. He will be joined by Mason Tachibana and Junzo Jake Ohara, who were photographed as part of the project. The discussion is followed by an audience Q&A. Included with museum admission. RSVPs a...

  • The Life and Times of Minoru Yasui

    Sep 27, 2014

    Min Yasui was a young Nisei attorney in Oregon during World War II when he violated the military curfew imposed upon all persons of Japanese ancestry in order to bring a test case to court. He lost that case in the U.S. Supreme Court, but nearly 40 years later he reopened it as part of the coram nobis litigation brought by young Sansei attorneys in 1983. Yasui was not only a key player in both of those eras, but also...

  • The Dolls of "Hina-matsuri"

    Oct 04, 2009

    Hina-matsuri (Girls Day Festival) is perhaps Japan's most famous celebration with its elaborate display of dolls depicting a stylized imperial court. Yet few, even in Japan, are familiar with its origins and symbolism. East Asian scholar and author, Alan Pate, will explore its evolution, the various dolls displayed, and its forgotten meanings. Please note that Alan Pate will be signing his books after the program....

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM MARKS PASSING OF TRUSTEE WILLIAM 'MO' MARUMOTO

    Nov 26, 2008

    The leadership of the Japanese American National Museum expressed its sadness at the passing of long-time Board Trustee William "Mo" Marumoto, who died in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, November 25, 2008. The son of Issei immigrant parents, Marumoto, along with his family, was unconstitutionally incarcerated in a domestic concentration camp at Gila River, Arizona, by the U.S. government during World War II. A gradua...

  • PANEL TO RECALL, DISCUSS RENDITION OF JAPANESE LATIN AMERICANS

    Oct 18, 2008

    A panel discussion about the World War II rendition of Japanese Latin Americans and their continuing struggle for redress from the US government will be presented at a special public program set for Saturday, Oct. 25, 2-4pm, at the Japanese American National Museum (369 East First St.) in Little Tokyo. The program, "World War II Rendition of Japanese Latin Americans," is part of the on-going National Museum serie...

  • Living Flowers: Ohara School of Ikebana

    Aug 24, 2008

    This program highlights the art of Ohara School of Ikebana Los Angeles Chapter, featured in Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art.

  • "Roar of the Tiger: The Legend of Tokyo Rose" by Glenn Conner-Johnson

    Mar 31, 2007

    With a story far more complex than that conveyed by the headlines, Iva Toguri D'Aguino (1916-2006) was maligned and imprisoned only to be exonerated and pardoned later in life. In a new play written by Glenn Conner-Johnson, acclaimed actress, Momo Yashima, portrays the erroneously identified "Tokyo Rose" whose actions still resonate in this time of "unlawful enemy combatants" and heated debates about habeas corpus. F...

  • Photographic Exhibition “Kip Fulbeck: Part Asian, 100% Hapa” Explores Perceptions of Identity, Questions Notions of Race, Ethnicity

    May 30, 2006

    A remarkable set of photographs of individuals of multiracial heritage and their responses to the most common question asked of people of mixed-race background—“What are you?”—comprises the heart of the thought-provoking art exhibition, kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa, which opens at the Japanese American National Museum on June 8 and runs through October 29, 2006. Three years ago, Fulbeck, who is an award-winn...

  • Tatau: Marks of Polynesia - Bios

    Takahiro “Ryudaibori” Kitamura Exhibition Curator Born in Japan and raised in California, Takahiro Kitamura has been a tattoo artist since 1998. He practiced tattooing under the artist name “Horitaka” until 2014, after which he took the name “Ryudaibori.” Since 2002, he has been the owner and operator of State of Grace Tattoo in San Jose, California, and since 2004, he has been the co-founder and co-host of the...