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  • George Takei Launches His New Book at JANM on June 14, 2025

    Jun 06, 2025

    Images are available at janm.org/press/galleryWHAT:Celebrate the release of It Rhymes with Takei, the new graphic memoir from George Takei! George has shown the world many faces but until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing—one face he did not show the world. Now he shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay at sixty-eight, and how that moment transformed everyth...

  • JANM Announces New Board Members

    Jun 06, 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) is pleased to welcome new board members to its Board of Governors and Honorary Board. Diana Abouali, Anthea M. Hartig, Hiroshi Kawano, Erika Moritsugu, and Jay Shiba joined the Board of Governors. US Represen...

  • JANM Denounces Travel Ban

    Jun 06, 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) denounces the administration’s proclamation that bans citizens of twelve countries from traveling to the US. The ban disproportionately affects African and Muslim nations. Barring travellers based solely on c...

  • JANM Statement on Hate Crime in Colorado

    Jun 03, 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) condemns the antisemitic attack on peaceful demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday. “Our hearts go out to the victims and the community that experienced this hateful attack. JANM condemns violence in a...

  • JANM and the Democracy Center Host June 5 Town Hall with California Attorney General Rob Bonta

    May 29, 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)’s Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) will host Our Fragile Democracy: The Role of State Attorneys General in Upholding the Law in Times of Crisis from 2 p.m...

  • Why Our Story Must Be Told

    May 28, 2025

    Why Our Story Must Be Told: 2025 Survey Data on Public Knowledge of the World War II Japanese American IncarcerationJoin JANM and the Japanese American Citizens League for a powerful virtual program that unveils new data on the awareness of the World War II Japanese American incarceration experience within Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.Karthick Ramakrishnan, director of th...

  • JANM Statement on the Capital Jewish Museum Shooting

    May 23, 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) is saddened and dismayed by the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staff on the steps of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. Scapegoating of individuals based on their ethnicity in the na...

  • Ireicho National Tour—Jerome and Rohwer, Arkansas

    May 21, 2025 - May 22, 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...

  • Ireicho National Tour—Amache

    May 13, 2025 - May 17, 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...

  • Temporary Detention: A New Multimedia Project About “Assembly Centers”

    May 10, 2025

    Commemorate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with the launch of the new multimedia project, Temporary Detention: A Guide to the Forced “Assembly Centers.” The website provides a past-and-present look at the fifteen temporary detention centers and the Owens Valley “Reception Center” operated by the US Army’s Western Civil Control Administration during World War II. Euphemistically c...