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

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the Oshogatsu Family Festival from 11 a.m.–5 p…

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


During World War II, Japanese Americans incarcerated in America's concentration camps demonstrated their resilien…

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


OBRAS DE LUZ (Works of Light): A 40-Year History of the Japanese American Community through the Lens of Photojournalis…

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

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will celebrate its longtime core exhibition, Common Gr…

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Japanese American
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

LOS ANGELES, CA – Discover Nikkei, a web-based project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) that promotes c…

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Japanese American
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

https://tsuruforsolidarity.org/current-campaigns/kintsugi/
What is Kintsugi 2024?
As a metaphor of the preciou…

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US-Japan
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

The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the inaugural class of the Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellow…

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US-Japan
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


Contents of Weekly Cultural News, July 08-14, 2024 (Reiwa 6)
P01: 8 inaugural fellows of Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fe…

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

The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and UCLA will present a conversation with Tritia Toyota and Valerie Mats…

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

Contents of Weekly Cultural News, May 27-June 02, 2024 (Reiwa 6)
P01: Japanese American National Museum to start renov…

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Community
2024/5/25 Japanese American Veterans Joint Memorial Service

Japanese American Veterans Joint Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 11:00 am at Japanese Americ

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

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) hosted its annual Benefit and Online Auction on Saturda…

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