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  • J. T. Sata Exhibition: Curator Tour with Dennis Reed and Naomi Hirahara

    Jun 15, 2024

    Join exhibition curator Dennis Reed and special guest, author Naomi Hirahara, for a walkthrough of JANM’s exhibition, J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist. The exhibition comprises sixty photographs by J. T. Sata, photographs of Sata’s concentration camp paintings and drawings, and family artifacts from camp. Reed will talk about Sata’s photography and legacy as well as the process of curating the exhibition. Hirahara wil...

  • JANM Urges the Bureau of Land Management to Reconsider the Proposal to Erase Viewshed and Heritage of Minidoka National Historic Site

    Jun 10, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) urges the Bureau of Land Management to reconsider its proposal for the Lava Ridge Wind Project that would erase the viewshed and heritage of the Minidoka National Historic site in southern Idaho. If the proposal is approved, 241 wind turbines that are 660 feet tall would be built within view of the original site of the Minidoka concentration camp. “Bu...

  • Nobuko Miyamoto and Benkyodo Documentaries at HAAPIFEST in Houston, TX

    Jun 09, 2024

    Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement will have its Houston Premiere at the HAAPIFEST on Sunday, June 9. Join Co-Director/Producer Tadashi Nakamura and subject Nobuko Miyamoto for a Q&A and performance. Experience this new sweeping documentary from JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal that follows the life of visionary artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her work that changed Asian America forever....

  • Defining Courage at the Ron Robinson Theater (Little Rock, AR)

    Jun 07, 2024

    ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY! Friday, June 7, 2024 • 4:30 p.m. Ron Robinson Theater Little Rock, AR Defining Courage is a gripping and emotional journey into the legacy of Nisei veterans, a segregated combat team of Japanese American soldiers that fought during World War II and that remains the most highly decorated unit in US Army history. Drawing upon decades of filmmaking and investigative journalism...

  • Celebrate Summer with JANM’s Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Jun 07, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will celebrate summer with its free Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 10, 2024 from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The Museum’s annual festival features cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages. Tickets are free and available at janm.org/events. Advance reservations are recommended. A full schedule of events will be p...

  • Virtual Book Launch: In Search of Hiroshi with Gene Oishi

    Jun 06, 2024

    Join author Gene Oishi, his daughter Eve Oishi, and scholar Koji Lau-Ozawa to celebrate Oishi’s newly revised 1988 work, In Search of Hiroshi—a powerful memoir about his lifelong struggle to claim both his Japanese and American identities in the aftermath of World War II. About the Book“Can one wreak vengeance against oneself?”This anguished question hangs over Gene Oishi’s powerful memoir about his lifelong struggl...

  • JANM Book Club Hosts Conversation on Tritia Toyota’s New Book about Shin Issei Women

    Jun 06, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and UCLA will present a conversation with Tritia Toyota and Valerie Matsumoto about Toyota’s new book, Intimate Strangers: Shin Issei Women and Contemporary Japanese American Community, 1980–2020, at JANM on Sunday, June 23, 2024 from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 ($9 for seniors and students, free for JANM Members) and are available at janm.org/events...

  • JANM’s Discover Nikkei Project Seeks Stories About Names for Nikkei Chronicles 13

    Jun 03, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Discover Nikkei, a web-based project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) that promotes connections and understanding among the global Japanese diaspora, announces the 13th edition of its Nikkei Chronicles special series, an annual, themed open call for writings. This year’s theme, Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?, calls for stories, essays, and vignettes that explore t...

  • 11th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Awards Ceremony

    Jun 01, 2024

    All of the winning and honorable mention stories will be available on Discover Nikkei. READ HERE Marvel at the amazing ways creative writers and actors expand the fictional boundaries of the Japanese American experience at the 11th Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Awards Ceremony!2024 marks the 140th anniversary of Little Tokyo, and this year’s event will be a vibrant celebration, its history and culture by t...

  • JANMコレクションからたどる日系アメリカ人の歴史と美術（名古屋市公館国際交流展示室）

    May 29, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025

    巡回展 名古屋市公館国際交流展示室 Nagoya, Japan 月〜金曜： 9:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.、土日祝休 ホームページ: nsca.gr.jp 全米日系人博物館は、日系移民と日系アメリカ人の歴史と文化を収集・保存するアメリカを代表する博物館です。その所蔵コレクションから、多彩な日系アメリカ人アーティストの芸術的作品を紹介いたします。 複製の形で展示するこれらの作品は、移民から戦時中の強制収容の歴史を記録するとともに、その時、日系アメリカ人アーティストたちが何を見て考えていたのかを浮かび上がらせています。 第二次世界大戦中、アメリカ西海岸に住んでいた日系アメリカ人は、不当にもアメリカの強制収容所へと送られました。彼らはその過酷な生活においても、創造力やユーモアを失わず、その中で見つけた美や喜びを描いていきました。 日系アメリカ人のアーティストの、たく...