The graph shows the average Japanese month salary (Yen) from 1953 to 1983, and the prices of black and white televisions and color televisions during the same period.

The given line graph illustrates the average monthly income of the

Japanese

and the

prices

of televisions (black & white and colour) from 1953 to 1983.

Overall

, it can be seen that

while

the average

Japanese

monthly salary rose, television

prices

experienced a significant drop during the

period

.

In addition

, in the same time frame,

TV

prices

were mostly higher than the

Japanese

mean earnings. Regarding the

prices

of television, black and white

TV

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TVs

show examples

cost 110

thousand

yen

in 1970, which was the highest figure throughout the

period

shown. 10 years later, a significant decrease of 70

thousand

yen

in

this

cost was recorded. The

prices

of

this

type of

TV

gradually fell to almost roughly one-fifth

thousand

yen

in 2000. Similar patterns can be observed in the cost of colour

TV

.

Although

the price of

this

means of entertainment was a hundred when it first appeared in 1980, it declined to only half

at the end

of the

period

. In terms of salary, at the beginning of the

period

, the

Japanese

only earned 20

thousand

yen

monthly.

This

number gradually increased by 10

thousand

in 1995 and

at the end

of the

period

, the average monthly salary of people living in Japan grew to approximately 70

thousand

yen

in 2000.