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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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  • Members Thank You Reception

    Dec 13, 2025

    Join us for a toast as we thank you for your support during this historic moment in JANM’s history! Learn more about Members’ impact and contributions to JANM through the decades and hear about updates on the renovation of JANM’s public galleries. Exciting changes are in store!Speaking of new things in store, the JANM Store will have a pop-up featuring select products available for purchase immediately before and af...

  • JANM Book Club: Monster Maker with Debbi Michiko Florence and Mark Nagata

    Nov 15, 2025

    Join author Debbi Michiko Florence and artist Mark Nagata for a special reading of Debbi’s new book Monster Maker: The Strange Creatures of Mark Nagata. Then stick around for a conversation with them moderated by Maria Kwong, JANM’s Director of Retail Enterprise and curator of Kaiji vs Heroes, the exhibition that first connected Debbi to Mark!Monster Maker: The Strange Creatures of Mark Nagata is a biographical accou...

  • Defining Courage in Hawaiʻi

    Nov 08, 2025 - Nov 10, 2025

    Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier—Japanese Americans who served in the segregated units of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. Produced and narrated by ABC7-Los Angeles news anchor and filmmaker David Ono, Defining Courage honors the greatest fighting units in American military history. Featuri...

  • 「ノブコ・ミヤモト：ソング・イン・ムーブメント」大阪上映

    Nov 08, 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」が、第14回「シニア女性映画祭・大阪」にて2025年11月8日（土）に上映されます。上映にあわせて和泉真澄同志社大学教授によるトークも時開催されますす。和泉教授は、本ドキュメンタリー邦訳の監修するとともに、『ノブコ・ミヤモト自伝: 旅と愛と革命を歌う日系アーティスト』を翻訳されました。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...

  • Film Screening—Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement (Osaka)

    Nov 08, 2025

    Join us for the Osaka premiere of Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement, a powerful documentary chronicling the life and legacy of artist and activist Nobuko Miyamotoon Saturday, November 8, 2025 at the Senior Women’s Film Festival in Osaka! Professor Masumi Izumi of Doshisha University will provide commentary during the program. Professor Izumi served as the supervisor for the Japanese translation of this documentary ...

  • Strategic Synergies: Reinforcing the Japan-US Alliance

    Nov 05, 2025

    Amid the growing instability in global security, the resilience of US-Japan relations has never been more vital to the Indo-Pacific region. JANM and the Japan America Society of Southern California present this free program that reexamines the future of this bilateral relationship, particularly in trade and security. Dr. Tosh Minohara, a Japanese American from California who chairs the Research Institute for Indo-Pac...

  • Ireicho National Tour—Gila River

    Nov 01, 2025 - Nov 02, 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...

  • “Cruising J-Town”—JANM Members Curator Tour

    Nov 01, 2025

    This event has been rescheduled to Saturday, November 1 Meet us in Pasadena for a Members Only tour of JANM’s exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community, with exhibition curator Dr. Oliver Wang.Cruising J-Town tells the stories of influential figures and everyday car lovers alike. See the five classic cars anchoring the exhibition: George Nakamura’s 1940s “Meteor” hot rod; Brian Omatsu’s cu...