New Frontiers

Past Exhibition

NewFrontiers

Drawing of strange new worlds with blue borderJANM’s DiscoverNikkei.org website is a treasure trove of materials and resources on Nikkei (Japanese emigrants and their descendants) life, history, culture, and community around the world. It is a community-based project that partners with organizations and individuals throughout the Americas to share Nikkei-related community and personal stories, events, and more in four languages—English, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Check out the video interview clips and articles about George Takei on Discover Nikkei below.

March 12 - August 20, 2017

Japanese American National Museum

Drawing of strange new worlds with blue borderJANM’s DiscoverNikkei.org website is a treasure trove of materials and resources on Nikkei (Japanese emigrants and their descendants) life, history, culture, and community around the world. It is a community-based project that partners with organizations and individuals throughout the Americas to share Nikkei-related community and personal stories, events, and more in four languages—English, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Check out the video interview clips and articles about George Takei on Discover Nikkei below.

March 12 - August 20, 2017

Japanese American National Museum

Drawing of strange new worlds with blue borderJANM’s DiscoverNikkei.org website is a treasure trove of materials and resources on Nikkei (Japanese emigrants and their descendants) life, history, culture, and community around the world. It is a community-based project that partners with organizations and individuals throughout the Americas to share Nikkei-related community and personal stories, events, and more in four languages—English, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Check out the video interview clips and articles about George Takei on Discover Nikkei below.

Learn more about George Takei on Discover Nikkei

George Takei in a plaid collared shirt and jacket sits at a table for an interview

George Takei Interview

Watch clips from a 2015 video interview.

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Goldenrod background with a figure with black hair and Star Trek shirt depicting George Takei

George Takei is the Energizer Bunny of the JA community

Instead of fading into pop culture history after the Star Trek movies, George Takei has reinvented himself in both politics and pop culture, and today he’s hands-down the best-known and influential Asian American and an activist for human rights. (2017)

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Late Senator Daniel Inouye, Irene Hirano Inoouye, and George Takei all dressed formally and in black at the 2011 Gala Dinner

Distinguished Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement and Public Service: George Takei

George Takei’s public service efforts have reached far and wide, embracing a variety of communities, while deeply impacting the Japanese American community. He was honored by JANM in 2015.

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George Takei dressed in a black shirt and black leather jacket sits against a red "Midtown Comics" background while holding up a figurine of his Star Trek character

To Be Takei

Imagine—a musical about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans? Actor, activist, and media personality George Takei has had an interesting life and as a “media superstar,” he continues his ambitious work on behalf of Japanese Americans/Japanese Canadians inspiring a new generation to ask questions. (2014)

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Flyer for Allegiance musical starring George Takei

George Takei’s Allegiance Is a Timely Historical Musical For Today

George Takei makes his Broadway debut in Allegiance, which tells the story of Japanese American incarceration during World War II and is inspired by the experience of his own family as a child. (2015)

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Woman in Hello Kitty "LOVE" tank top stands behind a table draped with rainbow origami cranes at Boston Pride

It's National Coming Out Day!—October 11

When I was looking around for famous LGBT Japanese Americans to mention when I came out to my parents, George Takei was the only one I came up with. (2014)

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