Advertise with Googlier.com First and Central Blog https://blog.janm.org Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:46:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://blog.janm.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/janm-new-logo-stacked-1-purple-cropped-150x130.png First and Central Blog https://blog.janm.org 32 32 JANM Supports the Smithsonian and the National Museum of American History and Rejects White House Domestic Council Report https://blog.janm.org/2026/07/09/janm-supports-the-smithsonian-and-the-national-museum-of-american-history-and-rejects-white-house-domestic-council-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=janm-supports-the-smithsonian-and-the-national-museum-of-american-history-and-rejects-white-house-domestic-council-report https://blog.janm.org/2026/07/09/janm-supports-the-smithsonian-and-the-national-museum-of-american-history-and-rejects-white-house-domestic-council-report/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:20:19 +0000 https://blog.janm.org/?p=17080 Museums must be places of truth, not propaganda.

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]]> https://blog.janm.org/2026/02/05/summer-opportunity-for-educators/feed/ 5 17491 Day of Remembrance Across the US https://blog.janm.org/2026/02/03/day-of-remembrance-across-the-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=day-of-remembrance-across-the-us https://blog.janm.org/2026/02/03/day-of-remembrance-across-the-us/#respond Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:03:54 +0000 https://blog.janm.org/?p=17614 Each year, Japanese American communities across the country host Day of Remembrance programs on or around February 19 to commemorate that day in 1942 when President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. The presidential order launched the unjust incarceration of over 125,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps across the US during World War II. The first […]

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]]> https://blog.janm.org/2026/02/03/day-of-remembrance-across-the-us/feed/ 0 17614 Take Discover Nikkei’s Survey and Make Your Voice Heard https://blog.janm.org/2026/01/16/take-discover-nikkeis-survey-and-make-your-voice-heard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=take-discover-nikkeis-survey-and-make-your-voice-heard https://blog.janm.org/2026/01/16/take-discover-nikkeis-survey-and-make-your-voice-heard/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:21:52 +0000 https://blog.janm.org/?p=16995 In 2025, JANM’s Discover Nikkei project celebrated twenty years of sharing stories about the Nikkei, people of Japanese descent who have migrated and settled throughout the world. Highlights from Discover Nikkei’s twentieth anniversary included Discover Nikkei Fest and Nikkei Family 2: Remembering Roots, Leaving Legacies. Discover Nikkei also traveled to the Nikkei National Museum and […]

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]]> https://blog.janm.org/2026/01/16/take-discover-nikkeis-survey-and-make-your-voice-heard/feed/ 17 17495 A Very Exciting Announcement from JANM! https://blog.janm.org/2025/12/10/a-very-exciting-announcement-from-janm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-very-exciting-announcement-from-janm https://blog.janm.org/2025/12/10/a-very-exciting-announcement-from-janm/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:31:48 +0000 https://blog.janm.org/?p=16972 JANM is honored to announce that it has received a $20 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. This transformative gift is the largest single gift in JANM’s history and, like her donation of $10 million in 2021, is unrestricted, allowing the Museum to determine the best use of the funds at a pivotal moment for […]

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]]> https://blog.janm.org/2025/12/10/a-very-exciting-announcement-from-janm/feed/ 32 17497 Actors Christopher Sean and Tamlyn Tomita Talk About Community, Connection, and Identity in the Latest Nima Voices Episode https://blog.janm.org/2025/11/24/actors-christopher-sean-and-tamlyn-tomita-talk-about-community-connection-and-identity-in-the-latest-nima-voices-episode/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=actors-christopher-sean-and-tamlyn-tomita-talk-about-community-connection-and-identity-in-the-latest-nima-voices-episode https://blog.janm.org/2025/11/24/actors-christopher-sean-and-tamlyn-tomita-talk-about-community-connection-and-identity-in-the-latest-nima-voices-episode/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:40:53 +0000 https://blog.janm.org/?p=16951 Discover Nikkei’s Nima Voices series uplifts its community members through brief and insightful conversations. Every interview highlights unique perspectives from Nima living all over the world and their stories are found in Discover Nikkei’s rich archive. In the series’ latest episode, actors Christopher Sean and Tamlyn Tomita talk about community, connection, and identity. Known for […]

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]]> https://blog.janm.org/2025/11/24/actors-christopher-sean-and-tamlyn-tomita-talk-about-community-connection-and-identity-in-the-latest-nima-voices-episode/feed/ 7 17499 “Cruising J-Town” Now Extended Through December 14, 2025 https://blog.janm.org/2025/10/08/cruising-j-town-now-extended-through-december-14-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cruising-j-town-now-extended-through-december-14-2025 https://blog.janm.org/2025/10/08/cruising-j-town-now-extended-through-december-14-2025/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2025 16:18:23 +0000 https://blog.janm.org/?p=16863 JANM’s exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community is now extended through Sunday, December 14, 2025! If you love all things related to cars and Southern California car culture, then this is for you.  Cruising J-Town is part of JANM on the Go, JANM’s lively schedule of events and programs that are […]

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]]> https://blog.janm.org/2025/10/08/cruising-j-town-now-extended-through-december-14-2025/feed/ 3 17513 Renovating JANM’s Public Galleries https://blog.janm.org/2025/09/22/renovating-janms-public-galleries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=renovating-janms-public-galleries https://blog.janm.org/2025/09/22/renovating-janms-public-galleries/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:35:23 +0000 https://blog.janm.org/?p=16806 During the summer, JANM launched the start of a new chapter with its Pavilion groundbreaking ceremony that featured renovation plans for the Museum’s public galleries and self-guided tours of the new core exhibition, In the Future We Call Now: Realities of Racism, Dreams of Democracy, education space, and the Manabi and Sumi Hirasaki National Resource […]

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]]> https://blog.janm.org/2025/09/22/renovating-janms-public-galleries/feed/ 147 17485 Start Your Engines for Our New Exhibition, “Cruising J-Town” https://blog.janm.org/2025/07/30/start-your-engines-for-our-new-exhibition-cruising-j-town/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=start-your-engines-for-our-new-exhibition-cruising-j-town https://blog.janm.org/2025/07/30/start-your-engines-for-our-new-exhibition-cruising-j-town/#respond Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:45:48 +0000 https://blog.janm.org/?p=16756 Roll with us to Pasadena for JANM’s new exhibition on the Japanese American car scenes throughout Los Angeles.

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]]> https://blog.janm.org/2025/07/30/start-your-engines-for-our-new-exhibition-cruising-j-town/feed/ 0 16756 Staying True to Mission: Why JANM Spoke Out https://blog.janm.org/2025/05/30/staying-true-to-mission-why-janm-spoke-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=staying-true-to-mission-why-janm-spoke-out https://blog.janm.org/2025/05/30/staying-true-to-mission-why-janm-spoke-out/#comments Fri, 30 May 2025 19:11:40 +0000 https://blog.janm.org/?p=16736 Our history gives us not only the right, but the responsibility, to speak out.

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