Why Japan did not carry out a Panama Canal air attack

Did Japan try to send an air attack against the Panama Canal?

Japan considered the idea but did not carry it out because the available aircraft would face a heavily defended target zone.

Japanese forces considered an air attack on the Panama Canal but never carried it out. The Canal Zone offered a strategically important target, yet it was also likely to be heavily defended. A small raiding force would therefore face a difficult approach and uncertain damage against a prepared objective. An attractive strategic target did not automatically produce a practical operation.