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  • 2025 Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship Applications Now Open

    Feb 06, 2025

    Emerging music critics and journalists of color are encouraged to apply. Applications are open through March 17, 2025LOS ANGELES, CA – The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) and Critical Minded announce the third annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship (Yamamoto Fellowship) with a focus on music criticism. The Yamamoto Fellowship will provide two emerging arts ...

  • The Ireichō National Tour Launches in Washington DC at National Archives and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History February 18–21

    Feb 04, 2025

    JANM, The Irei Project, Japanese American Citizens League, JACL-DC Chapter, National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, National Archives Foundation, National Archives and Records Administration, and the National Museum of American History partner together for free programs commemorating the Day of Remembrance LOS ANGELES, CA – The Day of Remembrance (DOR) commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 on Febr...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of The Rafu Shimpo Photojournalist, Mario Gershom Reyes

    Feb 04, 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) mourns the passing of Mario Gershom Reyes, a longtime photojournalist for The Rafu Shimpo. He documented the milestones, tragedies, and the victories of the Los Angeles Japanese American community for four de...

  • Opera Preview Event: “The Camp”

    Feb 02, 2025

    Jazz up the new year with an exclusive preview of The Camp, a powerful new opera that follows the Shimono family’s journey through a World War II concentration camp in the US. Created by librettist Lionelle Hamanaka, a descendant of camp survivors, and composer Daniel Kessner, The Camp sheds light on the emotional and physical toll of imprisonment and the strength found in familial bonds and collective resistance.Thi...

  • Members Only: Preserving Family Memories

    Feb 02, 2025

    Learn how to preserve your memories with JANM Archivist Jamie Henricks, who will delve into best practices for safeguarding your family photographs, letters, and other paper documents. The demonstration also includes highlights from JANM’s extensive archival collection. Please do not bring your own archival materials with you to the demonstration.The event will also be livestreamed for those who are unable to attend ...

  • JANM Welcomes New Board Members

    Jan 30, 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) welcomes six new members to its boards of trustees and governors. Jane Yada joined the board of trustees and Shinichi Fujinami, Nate Gyotoku, David Inoue, Stan Masamitsu, Rick Noguchi, Lisa Sasaki, George Tan...

  • JANM’s Discover Nikkei Project Celebrates Twenty Years of Global Community with February 8 Festival

    Jan 30, 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 – Discover Nikkei, a web-based project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) that promotes connections and understanding among the global Japanese diaspora, will launch a year-long celebration of the online community’s twentieth anniversary with...

  • Behind the Scenes of the Ireichō National Tour (Virtual)

    Jan 29, 2025

    This year, JANM will partner with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel the Ireichō in conjunction with pilgrimages to a number of former War Relocation Authority, Department of Justice, and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites.Get a behind-the-scenes look at how the Ireichō came to be through a talk by Duncan Ryuken Williams and find out how to contribute to this national mo...

  • JANMのデモクラシーセンターは アイリーン・ヒラノ・イノウエ記念講演第１回を 3/14に変更して開催

    Jan 28, 2025

    注記：JANMの展示施設は改修のため休館しています。JANMのそのほかの施設や館外の会場でプログラムは継続して参ります。詳細はjanm.org/OnTheGoをご覧ください。全米日系人博物館（JANM）は、ロサンゼルスでの火事に伴って延期していた第一回「アイリーン・ヒラノ・イノウエ記念講演」を2025年3月14日（金）に開催します。ゲスト講演者はロニー・G・バンチ三世氏（スミソニアン協会長官）で、JANMのダニエル・K・イノウエ民主主義保存全米センター（デモクラシーセンター）で行います。バンチ長官は、リサ・ササキ氏（スミソニアン協会特別プロジェクト副次官）と対話を行います。このプログラムは、4 p.m.のアイリーン・ヒラノ・イノウエ氏を顕彰するレセプションから始まり、講演は5:30 p.m.から開催します。参加費は無料で、どなたでもご参加いただけます。参加には予約が必要です。予約はjanm.org/democracyで受け付けて...

  • JANM’s Democracy Center Reschedules Inaugural Irene Hirano Inouye Distinguished Lecture to March 14

    Jan 28, 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 – Due to the recent Los Angeles fires, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has rescheduled the inaugural Irene Hirano Inouye Distinguished Lecture with guest speaker Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Friday, March ...