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  • THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO RECOGNIZE “30 CHANGEMAKERS UNDER 30” FOR ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

    Jan 06, 2022

    LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is seeking nominations for thirty young people under age 30, in their community or professional life to improve, advocate, or educate about the Japanese American experience. These “30 Changemakers Under 30” will be recognized at JANM’s 30th Anniversary benefit on April 30, 2022. The “changemakers” will exemplify JANM’s mission and are making extraordina...

  • 2022 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Tiger

    Jan 02, 2022

    EVENT UPDATE As of December 27, 2021 With the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, the Japanese American National Museum will temporarily close to the public effective immediately. The safety of our community is of paramount importance to us, as is our obligation as a public institution to do our part to support efforts to inhibit the spread of the COVI...

  • Members Only Conversation: New Year’s Food!

    Jan 02, 2022

    FREE for members Get an exclusive, virtual behind the scenes tour of a Little Tokyo restaurant during the busiest holiday of the year! Only for members! More details to come. RSVPs are required using the link below or by contacting memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646 by Tuesday, December 28. RSVP NOW This event is presented in conjunction with the 2022 Oshogatsu Festival.

  • Holiday Tales with Stanley Hayami

    Dec 18, 2021 - Dec 19, 2021

    In this immersive experience, get transported back to the 1940s with actor Kurt Sanchez Kanazawa, the voice of Stanley Hayami in A Life in Pieces, as he reads aloud from the letters and diaries of Stanley. Diary entries and letters will be selected from his time during the winter holidays in the Heart Mountain concentration camp and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Please note there will be three similar readings...

  • Conversation on Tule Lake Stockade Diary by Tatsuo Ryusei Inouye

    Dec 11, 2021

    FREE RSVP to attend in person RSVP to attend virtually Join Nancy Kyoko Oda, Hiroshi Shimizu, Masumi Izumi, Duncan Williams, and David Yoo in a conversation moderated by Karen Umemoto around this groundbreaking new book, Tule Lake Stockade Diary. The diary, originally written in Japanese and translated for the first time into English, tells Tatsuo Ryusei Inouye’s story of struggle and resilience ...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 7—Ryusuke Kawai

    Dec 08, 2021

    Wednesday, December 8 • 7 p.m. (PST) Thursday, December 9 • 12 p.m. (Japan) Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview ...

  • THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF DEMOCRACY AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM AND ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE–LA ANNOUNCE TWO RECIPIENTS OF THE ARTISTS AT WORK INITIATIVE

    Dec 09, 2021

    LOS ANGELES - The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum (NCPD@JANM) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice–Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) have selected two artists who will develop new art projects that will explore the theme of anti-Asian hate and racism. The two artists — Audrey Chan and jason chu – were selected for the Los Angeles cohort of the Artists At...

  • STATEMENT: ON THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM HONORS THE US MILITARY WHO PERISHED ON THIS DATE AND IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE 120,000 PEOPLE OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY WHO WERE UNJUSTLY INCARCERATED AFTER THIS

    Dec 08, 2021

    LOS ANGELES - On this National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) honors the memory of the World War II heroes who died on December 7,1941 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. This 80th anniversary is also a stark reminder of the fragility of American civil rights after 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry – most of them US citizens – who were unjustly removed from their homes an...

  • Screening and Q&A—A Flicker In Eternity

    Dec 04, 2021

    A Flicker in Eternity is the coming-of-age tale of Stanley Hayami, a talented young teenager caught between his dream of becoming a writer/artist and his duty to his country. Join filmmakers Sharon Yamato and Ann Kaneko for a Q&A following this screening of their short film. About the Film: Based on Hayami’s own diary, this documentary is the firsthand account of a 15-year-old thrust into the turmoil of Wo...

  • IT’S "KAIJU VS HEROES" AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM!

    Aug 22, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—Hundreds of contemporary and vintage Japanese vinyl toys will take up residence at the Japanese American National Museum beginning September 15, 2018, installed as part of Kaiju vs Heroes: Mark Nagata’s Journey through the World of Japanese Toys, a new exhibition that will be on view through March 24, 2019. The kaiju and heroes to be featured represent but a fraction of toy designer Mark Nagata’s coll...