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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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  • Ireicho National Tour—Historic Fort Snelling, MN

    Oct 09, 2026 - Oct 11, 2026

    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...

  • Film Screening—Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement (Las Vegas, NV)

    May 31, 2026

    Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement will have a special screening at the West Charleston Library in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, May 31, 2026. In recognition of the 84th anniversary of Japanese American incarceration during World War II, join Nevada Humanities and the Reno chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League for a special screening of Tadashi Nakamura’s film Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement—a document...

  • “Defining Courage” at Mid Valley Performing Arts Center (Salt Lake City)

    May 29, 2026

    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. The show now features completely original, live-performed music, featuring Grammy-winner Daniel Ho, acclaimed songwriter Harold Payne, and the powerful RAISE Choir.Prod...

  • JANM Book Club: Safe Passage with Evelyn Iritani

    May 23, 2026

    Join Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Evelyn Iritani for a conversation with former Los Angeles Times reporter and Asian American Journalists Association-Los Angeles President Teresa Watanabe about Iritani’s new book, Safe Passage: The Untold Story of Diplomatic Intrigue, Betrayal, and the Exchange of American and Japanese Civilians by Sea During World War II. About the BookIn the fall of 1943, the US and Japan pull...

  • Ireicho National Tour—Emeryville, CA

    May 12, 2026 - May 13, 2026

    Appointments are no longer being accepted. 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 seri...

  • 2026 Nikkei Children’s Book Festival

    May 09, 2026

    Celebrate Asian American, Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian Heritage Month, Children’s Book Week, and Kodomo no hi (Japanese Children’s Day) with our second annual Nikkei Children’s Book Festival. This year’s festival highlights heroes of all ages who have strengthened our community and made it special in big and small ways.Explore the breadth and diversity of children’s literature across the Nikkei community with au...