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  • Poetry at the Gate of Memory

    Mar 27, 2025

    Join poets Brynn Saito and traci kato-kiriyama for a reading celebrating the forthcoming April 2025 release of The Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration. Edited by Saito and Brandon Shimoda, this poetry anthology explores the afterlife of the historical yet enduring injustice of World War II–era prisons and camps. Featured readers include David Mura, Heather Nagami, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, ...

  • JANM Book Club: “The Bridges Yuri Built” with Kai Naima Williams

    Mar 22, 2025

    Celebrate Women’s History Month and join author and great-granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama, Kai Naima Williams for a reading of The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements followed by a conversation about Yuri Kochiyama’s life and legacy with Williams and journalist Lisa Ling.The Bridges Yuri Built introduces one of the twentieth century’s most notable freedom fighters to the next generation of...

  • JANM Calls for Restoration of Contributions of People of Color on US Department of Defense Websites

    Mar 19, 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 gravely concerned and disheartened by the ongoing efforts to erase the contributions of people of color to US military history from the US Department of Defense websites. This includes erasing the contribu...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Senator Alan K. Simpson

    Mar 17, 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 Senator Alan K. Simpson, who helped steer the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 through Congress and into law alongside his colleague and lifelong friend, the late Secretary Nor...

  • 集団国外退去を強制するための 「敵性外国人法」適用を非難します

    Mar 15, 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いきます。詳細はjanm.org/OnTheGoをご覧ください。 全米日系人博物館（JANM）は、本日発表されたベネズエラ系移民の集団国外退去を強制するために、1798年の「敵性外国人法」を適用する大統領令を非難します。この法律は、米国が戦争状態にある国々や米国を侵略した国々からの人々の国外退去を認めるものです。1941年には、ルーズベルト大統領がこの法律を適用し、適正な法の手続きをへることなく、司法省の収容所に日本、ドイツ、イタリアの市民を逮捕・拘留しました。1942年には、大統領は戦時権限の範囲を拡大して「大統領令9066号」を発令し、12万5000人以上の日系アメリカ人の強制収容につながりました。当館はワシントンD.C.の連邦裁判所にアメリカ自由人権協会（ACLA）とデモクラシー・フォーワードの弁護士が起こした訴訟...

  • JANM Condemns Invocation of Alien Enemies Act to Enforce Mass Deportations

    Mar 15, 2025

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns today's presidential proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to enforce mass deportations of Venezuelan immigrants. That law permits deporting people from countries with which the US is at war and that have invaded the US. In 1941, President Roosevelt used it to arrest and detain citizens of Japan, Germany, and Italy without due proce...

  • Democracy Center to Host the Smithsonian’s National Conversation on Race March 28

    Mar 12, 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. Speakers will explore models for equitable recovery from LA wildfires.LOS ANGELES, CA – The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will once again host the Smithsonian’s Nation...

  • Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III to Speak at JANM on March 14, 2025

    Mar 10, 2025

    WHAT: The Irene Hirano Inouye Distinguished Lecture Series is a signature series centered on the leadership values and principles that inspired Irene Hirano Inouye to empower community, uplift women, and build bridges between the US and Japan. The inaugural lecture features Lonnie G. Bunch III, 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in conversation with Lisa Sasaki, Deputy Under Secretary for Special Project...

  • Films of Remembrance

    Mar 08, 2025

    Films of Remembrance is the premier showcase of films commemorating the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans in American concentration camps during World War II, presented by the Nichi Bei Foundation. JANM is excited to be hosting some of the screenings on March 8. Please visit the Films of Remembrance website for film descriptions, to purchase an All-Day Pass or individual screening tickets, and to view screen...

  • JANM Supports Legislation to Recognize Civil Rights Activist Fred Korematsu

    Mar 06, 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) supports efforts to recognize civil rights activist Fred Korematsu with the reintroduction of legislation for the Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act, which would posthumously award a Congressional Go...