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JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation and will reopen in late 2026. While the museum and store are closed, join us for programs and events on our Little Tokyo campus, throughout Southern California, and beyond. 

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  • Applications Now Open for the 2026 Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship

    Oct 29, 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 Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles is now accepting applications for the 2026 Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship.The Toshizo Watanab...

  • 渡邉デモクラシー・フェローシップ 2026年度の応募受付を開始

    Oct 29, 2025

    注記：JANMの展示施設は改修のため休館しています。JANMのそのほかの施設や館外の会場でプログラムは継続して参ります。詳細はjanm.org/OnTheGoをご覧ください。 全米日系人博物館（JANM、アメリカ・ロサンゼルス）のデモクラシーセンターが運営する「渡邉利三デモクラシー・フェローシップ」は、2026年度フェローの募集を開始しました。「渡邉利三デモクラシー・フェローシップ」は、日本の次世代リーダーを対象とした全額給付型のプログラムです。２週間の訪米プログラムをはじめとする１年間の研修を通して、政府、経済界、市民社会のリーダーと交流し、民主主義の価値と実践への理解を深め、日米関係の強化を図るグローバルなリーダーの育成を目的としています。慈善家の渡邉利三さんの寛大なご寄附に支えられた開始したこのフェローシップは現在2年目が進行中で、10月27日（月）より3年目の募集が始まりました。フェローシップの応募資格は、職務経験5年以...

  • November Programs Include “Cruising J-Town” Program, JANM Book Club, and Museum Store Sunday

    Oct 27, 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. PSALOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has a variety of programs throughout November. Learn how Japanese Americans shaped car culture with the Cruising J-Town program, Japanese American Innovators from ArtCenter’s Transportation Design Program....

  • Fish Truck Family Reunion

    Oct 25, 2025

    For over forty years, Nikkei fish trucks delivered fresh seafood, rice, and other Japanese goods to homes across the Southland. They also provided a valuable community service by bringing a taste of home six days a week to Nikkei throughout the greater Los Angeles area.This special event will feature testimonies from the families of half a dozen former fish truck operators, with rare photographs and home movies. Read...

  • Film Screening—Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement (Yokkaichi, Mie)

    Oct 25, 2025

    Join us for the Mie premiere of Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement, a powerful documentary chronicling the life and legacy of artist and activist Nobuko Miyamoto. The screenings (morning and afternoon screenings) will be introduced by Dr. Ikumi Yanagisawa, a distinguished scholar of American literature and history, who will also provide insightful commentary on the film and its broader cultural context.This sweeping...

  • 「ノブコ・ミヤモト：ソング・イン・ムーブメント」四日市（三重）上映

    Oct 25, 2025

    アーティストでありアクティビストでもあるノブコ・ミヤモトの人生とレガシーを描いた、パワフルなドキュメンタリー映画「ノブコ・ミヤモト：ソング・イン・ムーブメント」を、2025年10月25日（土）にあさけプラザにて、三重プレミア上映が行われます（午前、午後２回上映）。上映に先立ち、アメリカ文化および歴史の専門家である柳澤郁美さんが本作を紹介、映画およびその文化的背景についての解説を行います。時代を先ゆくアーティストであり、アクティビストであるノブコ・ミヤモト。彼女の半生と、アジア系アメリカを一変させたその活動を紹介するこのドキュメンタリーは、JANMのフランク・H・ワタセ・メディア・アーツ・センターとPBS SoCalが制作しました。類まれなるストーリーテラーであるノブコ・ミヤモトの数十年にわたる画期的な活動の数々とさまざまな地域や産業、家族、歴史をむすびつけてきたその人生を振り返る中で、日系アメリカ人コミュニティーがどのように変化...

  • Ireicho National Tour—Poston

    Oct 24, 2025 - Oct 25, 2025

    JANM is partnering with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel The Ireichō: Book of Names in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority concentration camps, to other Department of Justice and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites, and selected cities across the US. The tour is part of JANM on the Go, a series of programs and exhibitions presented ac...

  • Ireicho National Tour—New York

    Oct 20, 2025 - Oct 21, 2025

    JANM is partnering with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel The Ireichō: Book of Names in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority concentration camps, to other Department of Justice and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites, and selected cities across the US. The tour is part of JANM on the Go, a series of programs and exhibitions presented ac...

  • Angel Island’s Hidden History: WWII Detention of “Enemy Aliens”

    Oct 18, 2025

    Join JANM and the Nikkei Genealogical Society for an in-depth guide to Angel Island’s hidden history during World War II. Historian and genealogist Grant Din, co-curator of the exhibit Taken From Their Families, will illuminate the experiences of nearly 700 Japanese immigrants temporarily detained at Angel Island’s Fort McDowell before transfer to other camps. As a former director of Community Resources for the Angel...

  • Fall into Reading with JANM Book Club’s “Monster Maker” on November 15

    Oct 16, 2025

    PSAWHAT:Join author Debbi Michiko Florence and artist Mark Nagata for a special reading of Monster Maker: The Strange Creatures of Mark Nagata.WHEN:Saturday, November 15, 2025, from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m.DETAILS: Following the reading will be a conversation with:Maria Kwong, JANM’s Director of Retail Enterprise and curator of Kaiju vs Heroes, the exhibition that first connected the Debbi to Mark.Debbi Michiko Florence, aut...