At Sanjo Works, Shimazu Corporation, one of the destinations of the Emperor's visit, a strike demanding wage increases was conducted until just before the Emperor's visit and it had relevant people (who didn't want a scene of labor-management conflicts to catch the eye of the Emperor) worried.
京都入りした天皇の訪問先となっていた島津製作所三条工場では、訪問直前まで賃上げストが行われ（労資の紛争を天皇の目に触れさせたくない）関係者の気を揉ませた。