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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

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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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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 Nikkei Legacy Wartime Experiences

2026 Feb. 19 | Stories of Japanese American WWII Solders “Defining Courage” with New Stories and New Music Returns to Aratani Theater

February 19, 2026

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

February 19, 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

JANM Cruising J-Town Import Car Scene

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2025/08/30/ Japanese American National Museum “Cruising J-Town” Program Highlights Key Influencers of the Import Car Scene at Democracy Center, Little Tokyo

August 30, 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

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2025/08/22/ Free Concert “J-Town/Bronzville Suite” by David Iwataki at Grand Performances, 350 South Grand Avenue

August 22, 2025

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2025/08/16/ Japanese American National Museum Hosts Natsumatsuri Family Festival August

August 16, 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

Nikkei Progressives Little Tokyo Estate Sale Feb 23, 2025

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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 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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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

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2024/8/10/ Japanese American National Museum presents Natsumatsuri Family Festival

August 10, 2024

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