I sent a protest Email to Miyagawa, and he replied as follows.
I deeply regret that our Visualizing Cultures project, which is
intended to expose atrocities of war, propaganda, and racism, has
been misunderstood. It is by no means an art appreciation project, as
so many have mistakenly described it. At least for those in the
vicinity, Prof. John Dower, who created the unit you are referring
to, and I will be available to discuss the issues that have arisen.
In the meantime, recognizing that at this point we cannot avoid the
misunderstandings, we have pulled the unit off temporarily until we
can better understand how these atrocities can be exposed without the
regrettable misunderstandings that have occurred.
Shigeru Miyagawa