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  • JANM 30th Anniversary Digital Film Festival—Barbara Kawakami: A Textured Life

    Jul 29, 2022

    FREE The 2010 JANM exhibition, Textured Lives: Japanese Immigrant Clothing from the Plantations of Hawai`i, was born from a gift by Barbara Kawakami to JANM’s permanent collection of beautiful plantation-era clothing. Kawakami started her formal studies of these textiles and clothing at the age of 53. Now at 100, she is still a noted author, historian, and storyteller who has dedicated much of her life to ...

  • Author Discussion—Invisible Vision with Roy Wesley

    Jul 16, 2022

    In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join Roy Wesley for a conversation around Invisible Vision, which tells the story of his father, Dr. Newton K. Wesley, who was an American contact lens pioneer. He will be in conversation around Dr. Newton K. Wesley’s impact on Roy’s own life as well as the field of optometry. This program is supported by the Asian American Optometric Society. We are thankful ...

  • Screening and Q&A—Who Killed Vincent Chin?

    Jul 14, 2022

    FREE Join us for a special anniversary screening of the groundbreaking 1988 Academy Award®-nominated documentary and POV legacy title, Who Killed Vincent Chin? The film relentlessly probes the 1982 murder of Chinese American Vincent Chin while chronicling Helen Zia and a generation of Asian American activists who came together to demand justice. A panel discussion about the implications of Chin’s murder on current...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 9—Greg Robinson

    Jul 12, 2022

    Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews. In the ninth episode, Greg Robinson, a noted author and scholar of Japanese American and Japanese Canadian history, will be interviewed by guest host Lisa Doi, a curatorial assistant at the Japanese American National Museum and a PhD Student in American Studies at Indiana University. Greg has been contribut...

  • Japanese American National Museum Statement on Assassination of Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

    Jul 08, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply shocked and saddened by the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in the city of Nara, Japan. Prime Minister Abe toured Los Angeles and JANM in 2015 during his official state visit to the United States of America. “We are shocked and saddened by this horrific and violent act and the passing of the former Japanese Prime M...

  • Screenings—Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story

    Jun 25, 2022

    FREE No RSVPs needed, seating will begin 15 minutes before each screening. Screening 1: 12:30 - 1:30 pm Screening 2: 2 - 3pm Screening 3: 3:30 - 4:30pm Join us in honoring Secretary Mineta’s life as told in the documentary, Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story. Special thanks to the Mineta Legacy Project for sponsoring these screenings.

  • Delicious Little Tokyo 2022 Food History Tour

    Jun 25, 2022 - Jun 26, 2022

    $36 per person Saturday, June 25 SOLD OUT 11 am–2 pm SOLD OUT11 am–12 pm SOLD OUT1 pm–2 pm Sunday, June 26 SOLD OUT 2 pm–3 pm Take a stroll back in time to learn about Little Tokyo’s rich food history! Join us for an educational walking and tasting tour led by Bill Watanabe and Mike Okamura of the Little Tokyo Historical Society highlighting some of Little Tokyo’s longest standing small ...

  • Norman Y. Mineta Celebration of Life

    Jun 25, 2022

    FREE The Japanese American National Museum invites you to celebrate the extraordinary life of Norman Y. Mineta, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, on Saturday, June 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT. JANM valued Secretary Mineta for his leadership and the wealth of contributions he made to the advancement of equality, justice, and liberty for all. Join us as we honor his exceptional life and legacy and his deep...

  • Are the Arts Essential?

    Jun 23, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Are the Arts Essential?, edited by Alberta Arthurs and Michael DiNiscia, provides a timely and kaleidoscopic reflection on the importance of the arts in our society. Join contributors Steven Tepper (Dean of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, ASU), Zeyba Rahman (Senior Program Officer, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art), and Jay Wang (Director, USC Cen...

  • JANM Statement on Rejection of World War II Japanese American Incarceration Historical Fiction Novel by Wisconsin School District

    Jun 23, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is gravely concerned by the Muskego-Norway school board’s rejection of When the Emperor Was Divine for use in a tenth grade accelerated English class. The school board’s Curriculum Planning Committee selected Julie Otsuka’s historical fiction novel, When the Emperor Was Divine as part of the district’s annual recommendations for new textbooks and instr...