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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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  • JANM Book Club: By the Shore of Lake Michigan with Nancy Matsumoto

    Apr 27, 2025

    Celebrate National Poetry Month with By the Shore of Lake Michigan, a collection of tanka poetry originally published in 1970 by Issei immigrants Tomiko and Ryokuyō Matsumoto. Join Nancy Matsumoto, the book’s editor and the granddaughter of Tomiko and Ryokuyō, for a four-part discussion of the book, along with translators Mariko Aratani and Kyoko Miyabe, and literary scholar Eri F. Yasuhara, dean emerita of the Colle...

  • Ireicho National Tour—Manzanar

    Apr 26, 2025 - Apr 27, 2025

    Appointments are no longer being accepted for this venue. 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...

  • JANM Joins a Coalition of Museums to Unveil “On Our 250th”: A Bold National Call for Shared Dreams and Aspirations for the Nation

    Apr 25, 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 – As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), in partnership with The New York Historical and Made By US, launches “On Our 250th”—a dynamic, nationwide initiative celebrating our collective ...

  • JANM Announces Programs for AANHPI Month

    Apr 24, 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) announces its roster of programs for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Month throughout May 2025. Tickets are available at janm.org/events. Celebrate Discover Nikkei’s twentieth anniversar...

  • JANM Book Club: Every Peach Is a Story with Nikiko Masumoto

    Apr 19, 2025

    Celebrate Little Tokyo Earth Day with author and farmer Nikiko Masumoto as she shares about her debut picture book, Every Peach is a Story, written with her father, David Mas Masumoto, with illustrations by award-winning artist Lauren Tamaki.Every Peach Is a Story follows young Midori and her grandfather, Jiichan, as they uncover the stories of their farm’s fresh fruit and discover that every peach is a sweet reminde...

  • New Film on Legendary Filmmaker Robert A. Nakamura to have Los Angeles Premiere May 3

    Apr 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) announces the Los Angeles premiere of Third Act on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center as part of the 41st LA Asian Pacific Film Festival presented by Visual...

  • JANM Raised Over $1.2 Million at the 2025 Benefit

    Apr 15, 2025

    The Museum Honored Toshizo Watanabe and Nobuko Miyamoto with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Judi Oyama with the Award of ExcellenceLOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) hosted its annual Benefit and Online Auction at the JW Marriott on Saturday, April 12, 2025. This year’s theme, Unlocking the Future, celebrated JANM’s critical past, dynamic present, and ambitious future through stories o...

  • 2025 Benefit & Online Auction

    Apr 12, 2025

    Celebrate our critical past, dynamic present, and ambitious future in the heart of downtown Los Angeles at Unlocking the Future, JANM’s 2025 Benefit and Online Auction. Embark on a major renovation with us to amplify our stories, inspire a more just future, and honor the legacy of the Japanese American community.Enjoy a special live performance by Judith Hill and celebrate the legacies of inspirational community lead...

  • 2025 Benefit & Online Auction

    Thank you to everyone who joined us in person or via livestream for JANM’s 2025 Benefit! On behalf of the Board, staff, and volunteers, thank you to our sponsors and to everyone who helped make our hybrid fundraiser such a success. Your generous support and faith in our mission means so much to us. Thank you for lifting us up with your generosity and unwavering commitment to JANM.

  • 渡邉利三デモクラシー・フェローシップ 2025年度のフェロー選出者を発表

    Apr 10, 2025

    全米日系人博物館（ロサンゼルス）は、同館のデモクラシーセンター（ダニエル・K・イノウエ民主主義保存全米センター）のプログラムである「渡邉利三デモクラシー・フェローシップ」の2025年度フェローを発表しました。本フェローシップは、日本の若手・中堅世代を対象としたリーダーシップ・トレーニング・プログラムで、民主主義の価値や日米間の理解と協力を促すことによって、グローバルな民主主義を推進し、日米間の絆を強化することを目指すものです。2025年度のフェローは、石森孝志、河野美紗子、関本早冬、柴田莉沙、白川大介、白倉裕美、和島 歩、矢後千紘の８名（敬称略）です。「2025年度渡邉デモクラシー・フェローの皆さん、おめでとうございます。日系アメリカ人の経験というレンズを通して、アメリカに対する理解を深め、日米関係を強化していってくださることを期待しています。JANMは、日系アメリカ人の歴史と声を増幅させ、全ての人が自分たちの文化的な遺産の豊か...