Why would there be? Japanese-Americans were hustled off to concentration camps early during WWII?
My mother grew up in Oregon, she was a teenager during the War. I asked her on multiple occasions her thoughts on our treatment of Japanese Americans, she was always tight lipped about it.
If the picture would have featured a negro sailor kissing the white woman, even if he had his one hand on her ass, the picture would be untouchable and widely celebrated.