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Naomi Hirahara is a Japanese American writer and journalist known for her award-winning mystery novels. Hirahara tends to utilize the mystery genre to explore pockets …
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The sound of joyful voices and poignant emotions echoed through JANM’s Aratani Hall when on April 27, 2023, some 50 family members of Hispanic, Native …
Our stories are just as significant as anyone else’s. — Tad Nakamura Tad Nakamura was at ease as we sat across from each other in …
I left Los Angeles over a half decade earlier in 2010 and had not been back since. A visit to see my sister in downtown …
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As Los Angeles skies began to clear after the first spell of frigid March rain, a three-generation family gathering was being held to mark Ireichō, …
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For as long as we live, they too will live, for they are now a part of us as We remember them. —Sylvan Kamens & …
William “Bill” Fujioka is the new chairman of the JANM Board of Trustees. Born in Boyle Heights, he moved to Montebello, California, at a young …
Barbara Reiko Mikami Keimi has been volunteering at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) with her husband, Hal, before the Museum opened to the public in …
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“A snapshot of human memory.” That’s what 23-year-old Cole Kawana likes to call one of the Japanese American National Museum’s newest exhibits, The Interactive StoryFile …
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A Flicker in Eternity (2012) is a documentary film by co-directors, producers, and writers Ann Kaneko and Sharon Yamato that tells the story of Stanley …
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