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  • JANM Sets the Record Straight About Comparisons Between the Treatment Received by January 6 Rioters and World War II Japanese American Incarcerees

    Oct 18, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries the former President’s comparison of the treatment received by Japanese American incarcerees during World War II to those involved in the January 6 assault on the US Capitol. The comparison was meant to support the former President’s claim that they were unfairly treated by the federal justice system.“We must set the record straight: This is an eg...

  • JANM Condemns Proposal to Invoke Alien Enemies Act to Enforce Mass Deportations

    Oct 16, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the former President’s proposal to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to enforce mass deportations of migrants without due process. That law permits deporting people from countries with which the US is at war and that have invaded the US. In 1941, President Roosevelt used it to arrest and detain citizens of Japan, Germany, and Italy without due...

  • JANM Book Club: Literature of Japanese American Incarceration

    Oct 12, 2024

    Join The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration editors Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung for a discussion moderated by Brian Niiya and readings from the new anthology by audiobook performers, Keone Young, Ren Hanami, and traci kato-kiriyama. About the bookThis anthology recovers and reframes the literature produced by former incarcerees and their descendants, creating a shared story of the struggle to retain persona...

  • Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement at HIFF (Hawai‘i)

    Oct 12, 2024 - Oct 13, 2024

    Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement will have its Hawai‘i premiere at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival on Saturday, October 12 and Sunday, October 13, 2024.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.Featuring rare archival footage, Nobuko M...

  • Ebb and Flow: Community Mental Health Conference

    Oct 12, 2024

    Gather in a welcoming space for the Asian American community to address, examine, and understand mental health in its various forms with Ebb and Flow, Little Tokyo Service Center’s second annual mental health conference in partnership with JANM. Conference plenaries will be interspersed with workshops and small group discussions focused on specific mental health topics. There are sessions for a variety of ages and ex...

  • JANM Celebrates the Book Launch of Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian-American Pop Culture

    Oct 09, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) celebrates the release of the new book Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian-American Pop Culture from 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. on Friday, October 25, 2024. Tickets are $5 and available at janm.org/events.During the book launch, author and Giant Robot founder, Eric Nakamura, will be joined by special guests Randall Park, Tamlyn Tomita, Martin Wong, and Dani...

  • Excavating: The Process of Storytelling

    Oct 06, 2024

    Join us for a film screening of the documentary, One Fighting Irishman, followed by a panel discussion focusing on the ways in which activists are delving into camp history for their many untold and, at times, misrepresented stories. Filmmaker Sharon Yamato will moderate a panel consisting of the following activists: Tule Lake Pilgrimage Committee chairman Hiroshi Shimizu, Tule Lake Stockade Diary publisher Kyoko Oda...

  • Community Screening—Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement

    Oct 04, 2024

    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. This screening will be followed by a conversation and Q&A with co-directors, Tadashi Nakamura and Quyên Nguyen-Le.Featuring rare archival footage, Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement tells the story of a...

  • 2024 JACSC Education Conference

    Oct 04, 2024 - Oct 06, 2024

    Echoes of Resilience: Imagining the Possible in Preserving Japanese American Heritage2024 Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium Education ConferenceThis annual event brings together scholars, activists, and community members dedicated to preserving and educating about the history of Japanese American incarceration during WWII. Highlights include a panel on the Irei: National Monument, programmed in collabora...

  • JANM Volunteers Host Kokoro Craft Show on October 20, 2024

    Oct 04, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA (October 4, 2024)– Volunteers of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the 2024 Kokoro Craft Show with over sixty vendors at the Museum on Sunday, October 20, 2022 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.Kokoro is a Japanese word meaning heart, mind, and spirit. The first craft show was a volunteer-led fundraising event for JANM during a national economic downturn in 2009. Now in its sixteenth year, this ...