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PUBLIC CONFERMENT CEREMONY: Los Angeles’ Consul General Kosei Murora, left, claps after presenting the Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays to Denver-area resident Dr. Takashi Hoshizaki at the Tateuchi Democracy Center in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles on October, 23, 2026 (Source: Facebook @ Heart Mountain Interpretive Center)

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WARTIME Experience & Decoration 2026 | Former Heart Mountain Draft Resister Dr. Takashi Hoshizaki, 101-Year-Old and Denver-Area Resident, Receives Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays at Los Angeles Ceremony | October 23, 2026

October 26, 2026

Kokoro Craft 2026 Flyer

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NIKKEI Legacy 2026 | Friends of the Japanese American National Museum Celebrating 18th Anniversary of Kokoro Craft Show | Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple | Saturday, October 10, 10AM-4PM

October 10, 2026

George Takei and Brad Takei. Photo Credit: Christopher Appoldt (Courtesy of JANM)

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NIKKEI LOS ANGELES 2026 | Japanese American National Museum Announces Promised Gift of $21 Million+ Estate from George Takei and Brad Takei

September 24, 2026

Nikkei Wartime Experiences | UCLA’s Aratani CARE Sponsors film event “When You’re Smiling

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Nikkei Wartime Experiences 2026 | UCLA’s Aratani CARE Sponsors film event “When You’re Smiling: Screenings on the Intergenerational Impact of Incarceration” at Japanese American National Museum Saturday, Sep. 26, 2026, 10AM -4PM

September 24, 2026

Restored barrack from Heart Mountain concentration camp.

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NIKKEI Wartime | Japanese American National Museum Sets Reopening Date of January 23, 2027

September 21, 2026

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GARDEN & JAPANESE AMERICAN | Discussion | Unearthing History: Japanese American Resilience in Southern California Gardens | Sept. 5, 2:00-3:30PM | Japanese American National Museum

September 5, 2026

JANM 2026 Natsumatsuri Family Festival Flyer

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LITTLE TOKYO 2026 Summer | Japanese American National Museum’s Natsumatsuri Family Festival at Terasaki Budokan | Saturday, August 15, 11AM -3PM

August 15, 2026

JANM Book Club: Safe Passage with Evelyn Iritani Flyer

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Little Tokyo | Japanese American National Museum Book Club Features Journalist Evelyn Iritani and Her New Book “Safe Passage” Saturday, May 23, 2-3:30PM

May 22, 2026

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2026 MAR 29 | Little Tokyo | “Women of Flower Drum Song” at Japanese American National Museum (JANM)

March 29, 2026

Films of Remembrance 2026

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Schedule Updated | Japanese Americans’ 10 Stories That Refuse Erasure: “Films of Remembrance” Event in Little Tokyo Saturday, March 28, 11AM-8:30PM

March 27, 2026

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Japanese American National Museum to Preview Interactive StoryFiles of George Takei and Others on Saturday, March 21, 10AM-1PM: Public is Invited

March 18, 2026

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Lawmakers and Community Leaders Convene at Japanese American National Museum to Announce California Assembly Bill to Stop Immigration Enforcement

February 26, 2026

Day of Remembrance Japanese American National Museum - JANM Nikkei Legacy

2026 Feb. 19 | Japanese American National Museum Issues Statement on the 2026 Day of Remembrance

February 19, 2026

Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Japanese American National Museum - JANM Japanese Culture - LA-OC Little Tokyo Oshogatsu in Little Tokyo Taiko - Kodama Taiko

2026 Jan 11 | Little Tokyo | Japanese American National Museum Brings Oshogatsu Family Festival to Japanese American Cultural & Community Center on Jan. 11, 11AM-4:30PM

January 11, 2026

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2025/12/14 | Closing | JANM on the Go presents “Cruising J-Town: Exploring Japanese American Car Culture in Los Angeles” Exhibition at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena from July 31 through Dec. 14

December 14, 2025

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2025 Dec 10 | Japanese American National Museum Receives $20 Million Gift from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott

December 10, 2025

The Misadventure of a Nisei Week Queen

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2025/10/05/ “Misadventure of a Nisei Week Queen” film featuring 1954 Queen June Aochi Berk to be screened at Japanese American National Museum Oct. 5 at 2PM

October 5, 2025

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2025/09/20/ Nikkei Children’s Book Festival at Japanese American National Museum

September 20, 2025

Manaznar Pilgrimage Ireicho

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2025/ Irei Project to Present Ireichō Book of Names at 56th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage

April 15, 2025

Community LA Japanese American National Museum - JANM Nikkei Legacy World

Annual Los Angeles Day of Remembrance held at Nishi Hongwanji Temple on Saturday, Feb. 15

February 16, 2025

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2023 / Japanese American National Museum “Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration” Feb. 26, 2022 – Feb. 19, 2023

February 19, 2023

Japanese American National Museum - JANM Little Tokyo Nikkei Legacy

2022 / Japanese American National Museum / Mine Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13660, Aug. 28, 2021 – March 27, 2022

March 27, 2022

Delicious Japan - LA Japanese American National Museum - JANM Japanese Culture - LA-OC Nikkei Legacy Online Lecture

2022 / Virtual program “What is Nikkei Food?” seeking answers from Brazil, Australia, Japan, and Los Angeles, Feb 26 at 3PM, Pacific Time

February 26, 2022

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2022 / Japanese American National Museum / Virtual 2022 Oshogatsu Family Festival – Year of the Tiger, Sunday, January 2

January 2, 2022

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2021 / Japanese American National Museum to host Conversation about new book “Tule Lake Stockade Diary” by Tatsuo Ryusei Inouye, Dec 11, 2:00PM, PT in person and virtually

December 11, 2021

Japanese American National Museum - JANM Little Tokyo Nikkei Legacy

2021 / Japanese American National Museum to present Natsumatsuri Virtual Family Festival featuring performances, crafts, and activities for all ages, Aug. 14 at 11AM, PDT

August 14, 2021

JANM 2028 Hapa Exhibition

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HAPA Exhibition 2018 | Japanese American National Museum Presents “hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project” | April 7 – October 28, 2018

October 28, 2018

Japanese American National Museum - JANM Wartime Experiences

2018 / Japanese American National Museum to hold 2018 Gala Dinner, April 21

April 21, 2018

Day of Remembrance Japanese American National Museum - JANM Wartime Experiences

2018 / Japanese American National Museum to present 2018 Day of Remembrance, Feb. 17

February 17, 2018

Japanese American National Museum - JANM Tule Lake Wartime Experiences

2018 / Japanese American National Museum Screening: Resistance at Tule Lake, Feb. 10

February 10, 2018

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