JANM – Cultural News

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

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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

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Book Little Tokyo Nikkei Legacy Tonai Minoru 1929-2023

UNBREAKABLE: Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp | Book Signing Events at Kodomo no Hi May 3 & Nikkei Children’s Book Festival May 9

May 8, 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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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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2025/09/21 – 10/02/ “Third Act” documenting life of filmmaker & Professor of UCLA Robert Nakamura at the Laemmle Monica Film Center from Sep. 26-Oct. 02

October 2, 2025

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

September 20, 2025

A National Day of Action No Raid Banner

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2025/08/23/ National Day of Action to Defend History News Conference and Rally Comes to Little Tokyo

August 23, 2025

Kyoko Oda at JANM 2025 March 18

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2025/03/18/ Activists invoke WWII internment Japanese Americans, others battle Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act, Torrance Daily Breeze reports

March 18, 2025

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2025/03/18/ Press Conference Set for March 18 Against President Trump’s Policy of using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as a basis for rounding up immigrants to detain and deport

March 18, 2025

Nikkei Progressives Little Tokyo Estate Sale Feb 23, 2025

2025 LA Wildfires Little Tokyo Nikkei Legacy World

Little Tokyo Estate Sale for supporting Eaton fire victims and defending immigrant right to be held on Sunday, Feb. 23, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Democracy Center of Japanese American National Museum

February 20, 2025

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2025/01/05/ Japanese American National Museum Celebrates the Oshogatsu Family Festival

January 5, 2025

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2025/01/05 Closing / Japanese American National Museum exhibiting “Contested Histories: Preserving and Sharing a Community Collection”

January 5, 2025

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2025/01/05 Closing / Japanese American National Museum presents “Works of Light: Through the Lens of Photojournalist Mario Gershom Reyes”

January 5, 2025

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2024/11/23/ Japanese American National Museum Celebrates Finals Weeks of Core Exhibition Common Ground on Nov. 23

November 23, 2024

Nikkei Legacy

2024/10/31 Submission Closing / Stories, essays, and vignettes that explore meanings and origins behind Nikkei names are sought by Discover Nikkei project of Japanese American National Museum

October 31, 2024

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2024/10/03-06/ Kintsugi 2024: Healing and Repair of Japanese American Community Trauma from WWII – A first of its kind gathering for Japanese Americans focused on intergenerational trauma and repair, in Little Tokyo downtown Los Angeles, Oct. 3-6

October 6, 2024

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8 inaugural fellows of Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship to learn on Japanese American history and democracy in two-week US traveling programs by Japanese American National Museum

September 19, 2024

US-Japan Weekly Cultural News 2020-2024

2024 / Weekly Cultural News / July 08-14: 8 fellows sponsored by Japanese American National Museum to visit U.S. for two weeks to learn U.S.- Japan relationship

July 14, 2024

Community LA

2024/6/23: Japanese American National Museum Book Club to host Conversation on Tritia Toyota’s new book about Shin Issei Women

June 23, 2024

Nikkei Legacy Weekly Cultural News 2020-2024

2024 / Weekly Cultural News / May 27-June 02 / Japanese American National Museum to start renovation in January 2025

June 2, 2024

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2024/5/25 Japanese American Veterans Joint Memorial Service

May 25, 2024

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2024 April / Japanese American National Museum Raised Over $1.1 Million and Announced New Comprehensive Campaign Goal at the 2024 Benefit

April 12, 2024

Day of Remembrance Nikkei Legacy

2024/2/17/ Japanese American National Museum to host 2024 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance under the theme of “Rooted in Resistance: Fighting for Justice during World War II” Saturday, Feb. 17, 2:00-4:00PM

February 17, 2024

Nikkei Legacy

2024/2/11 Closing / Japanese American National Museum presents virtual reality recreation “Aki’s Market: A Project by Glenn Akira Kaino” from June 30, 2023 – Feb. 11, 2024

February 11, 2024

Japanese Culture Little Tokyo Oshogatsu in Little Tokyo

2024/01/07: Japanese American National Museum to present 2024 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Dragon, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, 11:00AM – 5:00PM

January 7, 2024

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2023/10/01 Closing -3/4 Opening : Japanese American National Museum exhibits “Don’t Fence Me In: Coming Age in America’s Concentration Camp” Mar. 4 – Oct. 1, 2023

October 1, 2023

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