Along the back wall of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon’s new exhibition, Jensaku Makita’s story plays out. Makita was the only Oregonian incarcerated during World War II on Angel Island ...

Oregon State Representative Mari Watanabe was sworn into office at Portland’s Japanese Garden on Sunday – making history as the state’s first Japanese American woman to join the Oregon legislature.

The camps where they were ultimately imprisoned were constructed in remote, austere areas far from the West Coast and surrounded by tall wire fences and armed guards. Hastily built barracks were ...

This February at the museum, we're celebrating a new season of the podcast, commemorating Black History Month, and listening ...

2025 Oshogatsu Family Festival: The Year of the Snake is in the celebratory spotlight at the Japanese American National Museum on the first Sunday of January, with activities, performances ...

“Pictures of Belonging” traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. By Aruna D’Souza One ...

Watanabe, a Democrat who served as executive director of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon for 11 years before retiring in 2023, won’t get much of a breather before starting her new job ...

Watanabe’s move to the state legislature comes after she was named the first executive director of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon in 2008. ‘Fight with all I have’: Oregon ...