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  • Transbordering: From Wakayama to California (Virtual)

    Jan 18, 2025

    Saturday, January 18 • 1 p.m.–5:15 p.m. (PST)Sunday, January 19 • 6 a.m.–10:15 a.m. (JST)Join the Museum of Modern Art Wakayama and the Japanese American National Museum for Transbordering: From Wakayama to California. This transnational symposium brings together scholars from the US and Japan to discuss transpacific migration and the preservation of Nikkei history. Three sessions will be presented: JANM and MOMAW: T...

  • はじめてのリトル東京：「イマジン・リトル東京短編小説コンテスト」ワークショップ

    Jan 10, 2025

    「イマジン・リトル東京短編小説コンテスト」は、今年で第12回を迎えます。英語の成人・青年部門をはじめ、日本語部門もあるこのコンテストでは、リトル東京に馴染みのないのない日本語作家を対象に、日本語でオンラインワークショップを開催いたします。リトル東京とはどんなところなのか。このワークショップでは、知られざるリトル東京のスポットや魅力をご紹介するとともに、リトル東京を舞台にどのように登場人物を描くのかといった実践的なアドバイスをお伝えします。このコンテストは、リトル東京歴史協会（LTHS）が主催し、全米日系人博物館の「ディスカバー・ニッケイ」プロジェクトの協力で実施します。応募締め切りは2025年2月28日（金）です。詳細や応募方法については、リトル東京歴史協会のウェブサイト（littletokyohs.org/imagine-2024）をご覧ください。

  • First Time in Little Tokyo: Japanese Language Writing Workshop

    Jan 10, 2025

    Join the Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest for a special Japanese-language workshop that will introduce you to an overview of Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo and provide tips for placing fictional characters in real-life settings.Now in its 12th year, the Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest is unique because it has a Japanese-language category in addition to English-language adult and youth categories. The con...

  • JANM Mourns Losses of Los Angeles Area Wildfires

    Jan 09, 2025

    Editor’s 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 saddened by the loss of life and devastation caused by the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area. JANM feels for everyone affected by the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires in Pacific Palisades, Altade...

  • 2025 DOR Los Angeles Save the Date Press Release

    Jan 07, 2025

    LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Day of Remembrance (DOR) Committee announced that the annual DOR will be held on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 2:00pm. This year we will move from our usual host location at the Japanese American National Museum to LA Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple or “Nishi Betsuin” (815 1st St). DOR commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, by President Franklin D. Roose...

  • JANM Congratulates Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi, Posthumous Recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal

    Jan 06, 2025

    Editor’s 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) applauds the presidential administration for posthumously awarding Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi the Presidential Citizens Medal. Known as the second highest civilian medal, it is awarded to US citizens who have performed...

  • 2025 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Snake

    Jan 05, 2025

    FREE ALL DAYJoin us at the Japanese American National Museum as we welcome the Year of the Snake with cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages!Traditional mochitsuki (Japanese rice pounding ritual) performance by Kodama Taiko.Candy sculpture demonstrations by Shan Ichiyanagi (Shan the Candyman)Interactive storytimesSouvenir photos by cre8tive outletsFun Oshogatsu and Year of the...

  • Ireichō Tour Schedule to Former Confinement Sites

    Jan 03, 2025

    FEBRUARY 18 – 21, 2025 — WASHINGTON DC — presented in conjunction with the National Archives and Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History for Day of RemembranceAPRIL 26 – 27, 2025 — MANZANAR (CA) — presented in conjunction with the Manzanar pilgrimageApr. 26 Manzanar Cemetery Ireitō for interfaith ceremonyApr. 26 Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center for stampingApr. 27 Manzanar National Historic Si...

  • JANM and The Irei Project to Tour Ireichō Across the US Beginning February 2025

    Jan 03, 2025

    LOS ANGELES, CA – In 2025, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will partner with The Irei Project to travel The Ireichō in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority (WRA) concentration camps and other Department of Justice (DOJ) and Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) incarceration sites. The Ireichō, a book of names, is the first comprehensive listing of persons of Japa...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Former President Jimmy Carter

    Dec 30, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum mourns the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, a lifelong advocate for justice and human rights and an early ally in the movement for redress for Japanese Americans unjustly incarcerated during World War II. In 1980, President Carter signed a law establishing the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC), which was instrumental i...