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Now | Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents “Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia” from May 11. 2025 through July 12, 2026

April 29, 2026

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Now | The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles Presents “ Manifesting Icons: The Materials and Making of Buddhist Visual Culture in Asia” March 5 – June 2

April 22, 2026

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Japanese Arts are Intentionally Scattered at New David Geffen Galleries Complex of Los Angeles County Museum of Art

April 21, 2026

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Los Angeles County Museum of Art Inaugurates Its New David Geffen Galleries with Celebratory Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

April 20, 2026

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Now | Exploring Japan’s Global Impact on Visual Communication, JAPAN HOUSE presents “Pictograms: Iconic Japanese Designs” from Feb. 12 – May 3

March 18, 2026

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Detroit | “Commendation by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (FY2025)” Conferred to President of Japan America Society and Member of Detroit Institute of Arts’ Board

March 6, 2026

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Detroit’s Japanese Business Leader Takashi ‘Tak’ Omitsu Returning to Art Museum Board

March 6, 2026

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Portland Japanese Garden to Debut First New Art Exhibition of 2026: Captivating Woodblock Prints from Artists Based in Portland, Japan, and Across the U.S.

March 6, 2026

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Now | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | “Deep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures” featuring Woodblock Prints by Yoshida Fujio and Yoshida Chizuko

March 5, 2026

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Now | San Diego: Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum Exhibits “Shizuko Greenblatt: Uplift the human spirit” from Jan. 30 to April 26

March 5, 2026

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Monthly | Japan Foundation Presents In-Person Lecture Series of “Japanese Sculpture” by Michael VanHartingsveldt from November 2025 through April 2026

February 26, 2026

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Kimiko Koyanagi, 93-Year-Old, Publishes Her Memoir of A Legacy of Doll-Making

February 26, 2026

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2026 Feb. 21-22 | Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints to showcase quality ukiyo-e and shin hanga at Rare Books Pasadena

February 22, 2026

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2026 Feb 18 | Closing | Japan Foundation Presents “Package Craft: From Candy Box to Sculpture” art exhibition from Nov. 21, 2025 through Feb. 18, 2026

February 18, 2026

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2026 Feb 01 | Extended to Feb. 01 | San Francisco | de Young Museum presents “Art of Manga” with 600 drawing of Manga genda (original drawing) from Sep. 27-2025 – Jan. 25, 2026

February 1, 2026

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2026 Jan 24 | Closing | Japanese Style Celebration: Shikishi Exhibition for the Year of Horse, Jan. 10-24

January 24, 2026

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2026 Jan 17 | Pasadena | USC Pacific Asia Museum Presents “Night Parade: Yokai Unleashed” – A Celebration of Myth, Magic, and Japanese Folklore” on Saturday, Jan. 17, 6PM-8PM

January 17, 2026

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2026 Jan 04 Closing | Portland Art Museum presents “Yoshida Chizuko” exhibition – The first major retrospective to focus on the groundbreaking 20th-century painter and printmaker from Sep. 27, 2025 through Jan. 04, 2026

January 4, 2026

Japanese Topics - World Museum - Japanese Art - LA Nara Yoshitomo Orange County - UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art

2025 Dec 28 Closing | UCI Orange County Museum of Art | Yoshitomo Nara: I Don’t Want to Grow Up | May 28-Dec.28

December 28, 2025

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2025 Nov 30 Closing | UCLA Hammer Museum presents “Rising Sun, Falling Rain: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts” exhibition Sep. 3 – Nov. 30, 2025

November 30, 2025

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2025/11/18 | Japan Foundation hosts “An Evening of Woodblock Prints” lecture and demonstration in conjunction with “Deep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures” exhibition at LACMA

November 18, 2025

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2025/11/06/ Japan Foundation Los Angeles hosts official Book Launch party for Japanese art historian and curator Meher McArthur’s “A Japanese Art Journey” published by Tuttle Books Nov. 6

November 6, 2025

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San Francisco de Young Museum | “Art of Manga” exhibition opens Sep. 27

October 29, 2025

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San Francisco de Young Museum | “Art of Manga” exhibition features Chiba Tetsuya who has explored subjects like poverty, discrimination, corruption, bravery, family, friendship, perseverance, and love

October 29, 2025

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San Francisco de Young Museum | “Art of Manga” exhibition features Taniguchi Jiro, a prolific artist known for his cinematic storytelling and quiet emotional depth

October 29, 2025

Manga Manga - Yamazaki Mari Museum - Japanese Art - LA SF - de Young Museum

San Francisco de Young Museum | “Art of Manga” exhibition features Yamazaki Mari, whose path to becoming a mangaka was anything but conventional

October 29, 2025

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San Fransico de Young Museum | “Art of Managa” exhibition features Araki Hirohiko, creator of the iconic “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure”

October 29, 2025

Japanese Topics - World Little Tokyo - LA ArtCore Little Tokyo Community Museum - Japanese Art - LA Nakagomi Yasunari

2025/09/18 -28/ LA Artcore gallery hosts “Crosscurrent” exhibit in Little Tokyo

September 28, 2025

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2025/09/27 Opening | Portland Art Museum Presents First Major Retrospective of Japanese Painter and Printmaker Yoshida Chizuko, Sep.27 through Jan. 4, 2026

September 27, 2025

JACCC Shodo 60th Anniversary

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2025/09/02-14/ Beikoku Shodo Kenkyukai’s 60th Anniversary Calligraphy Exhibition at Japanese American Cultural & Community Center

September 14, 2025