By becoming a champion of female leadership in Japan and the United States, Kennedy could leave a powerful legacy of helping to enhance U.S.-Japan relations.
Proponents of the agreement believe that failure to implement the FS-X transaction could seriously impair U.S.-Japan defense relations and adversely affect Japan's willingness to make major purchases from the United States in the future.
Proponents argue that the agreement offers significant opportunities for the United States and that failure to abide by its terms, painstakingly negotiated, could drastically worsen U.S.-Japan defense relations.