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  • New Film on Legendary Filmmaker Robert A. Nakamura to have Los Angeles Premiere May 3

    Apr 18, 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) announces the Los Angeles premiere of Third Act on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center as part of the 41st LA Asian Pacific Film Festival presented by Visual...

  • JANM Raised Over $1.2 Million at the 2025 Benefit

    Apr 15, 2025

    The Museum Honored Toshizo Watanabe and Nobuko Miyamoto with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Judi Oyama with the Award of ExcellenceLOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) hosted its annual Benefit and Online Auction at the JW Marriott on Saturday, April 12, 2025. This year’s theme, Unlocking the Future, celebrated JANM’s critical past, dynamic present, and ambitious future through stories o...

  • 2025 Benefit & Online Auction

    Apr 12, 2025

    Celebrate our critical past, dynamic present, and ambitious future in the heart of downtown Los Angeles at Unlocking the Future, JANM’s 2025 Benefit and Online Auction. Embark on a major renovation with us to amplify our stories, inspire a more just future, and honor the legacy of the Japanese American community.Enjoy a special live performance by Judith Hill and celebrate the legacies of inspirational community lead...

  • 2025 Benefit & Online Auction

    Thank you to everyone who joined us in person or via livestream for JANM’s 2025 Benefit! On behalf of the Board, staff, and volunteers, thank you to our sponsors and to everyone who helped make our hybrid fundraiser such a success. Your generous support and faith in our mission means so much to us. Thank you for lifting us up with your generosity and unwavering commitment to JANM.

  • 渡邉利三デモクラシー・フェローシップ 2025年度のフェロー選出者を発表

    Apr 10, 2025

    全米日系人博物館（ロサンゼルス）は、同館のデモクラシーセンター（ダニエル・K・イノウエ民主主義保存全米センター）のプログラムである「渡邉利三デモクラシー・フェローシップ」の2025年度フェローを発表しました。本フェローシップは、日本の若手・中堅世代を対象としたリーダーシップ・トレーニング・プログラムで、民主主義の価値や日米間の理解と協力を促すことによって、グローバルな民主主義を推進し、日米間の絆を強化することを目指すものです。2025年度のフェローは、石森孝志、河野美紗子、関本早冬、柴田莉沙、白川大介、白倉裕美、和島 歩、矢後千紘の８名（敬称略）です。「2025年度渡邉デモクラシー・フェローの皆さん、おめでとうございます。日系アメリカ人の経験というレンズを通して、アメリカに対する理解を深め、日米関係を強化していってくださることを期待しています。JANMは、日系アメリカ人の歴史と声を増幅させ、全ての人が自分たちの文化的な遺産の豊か...

  • JANM Announces the 2025 Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship Recipients

    Apr 10, 2025

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the recipients of the 2025 Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship. This fellowship is a yearlong professional development program designed for emerging leaders from Japan across sectors. It advances global democracy and strengthens ties between the United States and Japan by promoting democratic values. It also fosters understanding and cooperati...

  • East West Players Presents Theater for Youth: "Patsy"

    Apr 06, 2025

    “Patsy” is an original play by Alison Minami about the first Asian American Congresswoman, Patsy Mink.While Maui High School senior and star athlete, Kailani, waits to find out if she’s been accepted into her dream school, Patsy Mink, the first Asian American congresswoman and former valedictorian of Maui High school, appears before her. As Patsy walks Kailani through the many trials and tribulations she faced throug...

  • Defining Courage at UC Berkeley

    Apr 04, 2025

    Friday, April 4 • 8 p.m.University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CA 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. Produced and narrated by ABC7-Los Angeles news anchor and filmmaker David Ono, Defining Courage h...

  • 人文科学、博物館・美術館、図書館の解体、 国の歴史の消去を非難します

    Apr 03, 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、全米人文科学基金（NEH）、博物館・図書館サービス協会（IMLS）など、多様性と民主主義の柱となる組織を計画的に解体し、有色人種、女性、LGBTQIA+、その他の社会的に周縁化されてきたコミュニティーの貢献を抹消しようとする動きが続いていることに深い懸念を抱いています。政権は、NEHを標的にし、職員や助成金プログラムの削減、すでに授与された助成金の取り消しを企図しています。 政府効率化省は、70～80パーセントもの職員削減と、前政権下で交付された助成金のうち、全額が拠出されていないもの全ての中止を勧告しました。行政命令「連邦官僚主義の削減の継続」で挙げられた解体対象の7つの独立連邦機関のひとつにIMLSが入っています。IML...

  • JANM Decries Ongoing Efforts to Dismantle the Humanities, Museums, and Libraries, and Erase the Nation’s History

    Apr 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) is deeply concerned by the ongoing efforts to systematically dismantle pillars of diversity and democracy like the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IM...