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  • 2025 DOR Los Angeles Save the Date Press Release

    Jan 07, 2025

    LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Day of Remembrance (DOR) Committee announced that the annual DOR will be held on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 2:00pm. This year we will move from our usual host location at the Japanese American National Museum to LA Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple or “Nishi Betsuin” (815 1st St). DOR commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, by President Franklin D. Roose...

  • JANM Congratulates Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi, Posthumous Recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal

    Jan 06, 2025

    Editor’s 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) applauds the presidential administration for posthumously awarding Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi the Presidential Citizens Medal. Known as the second highest civilian medal, it is awarded to US citizens who have performed...

  • 2025 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Snake

    Jan 05, 2025

    FREE ALL DAYJoin us at the Japanese American National Museum as we welcome the Year of the Snake with cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages!Traditional mochitsuki (Japanese rice pounding ritual) performance by Kodama Taiko.Candy sculpture demonstrations by Shan Ichiyanagi (Shan the Candyman)Interactive storytimesSouvenir photos by cre8tive outletsFun Oshogatsu and Year of the...

  • Ireichō Tour Schedule to Former Confinement Sites

    Jan 03, 2025

    FEBRUARY 18 – 21, 2025 — WASHINGTON DC — presented in conjunction with the National Archives and Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History for Day of RemembranceAPRIL 26 – 27, 2025 — MANZANAR (CA) — presented in conjunction with the Manzanar pilgrimageApr. 26 Manzanar Cemetery Ireitō for interfaith ceremonyApr. 26 Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center for stampingApr. 27 Manzanar National Historic Si...

  • JANM and The Irei Project to Tour Ireichō Across the US Beginning February 2025

    Jan 03, 2025

    LOS ANGELES, CA – In 2025, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will partner with The Irei Project to travel The Ireichō in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority (WRA) concentration camps and other Department of Justice (DOJ) and Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) incarceration sites. The Ireichō, a book of names, is the first comprehensive listing of persons of Japa...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Former President Jimmy Carter

    Dec 30, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum mourns the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, a lifelong advocate for justice and human rights and an early ally in the movement for redress for Japanese Americans unjustly incarcerated during World War II. In 1980, President Carter signed a law establishing the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC), which was instrumental i...

  • JANM’s Democracy Center Launches Inaugural Irene Hirano Inouye Distinguished Lecture January 31

    Dec 25, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present the inaugural Irene Hirano Inouye Distinguished Lecture with guest speaker Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, on Friday, January 31, 2025, at JANM’s Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center). Secretary Bunch will speak in conversation with Lisa Sasaki, Deputy Under Secret...

  • Contested Histories: Whispers from the Past

    Dec 14, 2024

    Discover the process of creating Contested Histories and uncovering the stories behind the objects with the exhibition’s curator and the Museum’s Vice President of Exhibitions and Art Director, Clement Hanami, and project coordinator, Dina Furumoto. The project traveled over 400 objects from the controversial Allen Hendershott Eaton collection across the US. Hanami and Furumoto will show behind-the-scenes videos and ...

  • JANM to Relaunch the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy on December 1, 2023

    Nov 15, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will relaunch the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy as the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) on Friday, December 1, 2023. The relaunch will include remarks by James E. Herr, director of the Democracy Center, and Bill T Fujioka, chair of the JANM Board of Trustees. Musical performances wil...

  • One Fighting Irishman Premieres at JANM on October 28, 2023

    Oct 24, 2023

    Media Advisory WHAT: Filmmaker Sharon Yamato will premiere her new film, One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center, with narration by George Takei. Running time: 30 minutes. Film not rated (profanity). Parental discretion is advised. WHEN: Saturday, October 28, 2023 from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. DETAILS: This special event will feature a conversation following the screening ...