During the 1980s many Japanese began to feel the pressures of internationalizing. At the same time, Japanese-style industrial relations came to receive wide international attention. For most people Japanese-style industrial relations came to mean the three sacred treasures lifetime employment, seniority wages and enterprise unionism. During the 1980s many Japanese began to feel the pressures of internationalizing. At the same time, Japanese-style industrial relations came to receive wide international attention. For most people Japanese-style industrial relations came to mean the three sacred treasures lifetime employment, seniority wages and enterprise unionism.