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 line graph illustrates how much money (

Yen

)

is

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earned on average in one month between 1953 and 1983, and the prices of black and white

televisions

and colour

televisions

at the same time.

Overall

, the costs of colour

televisions

and black and white

televisions

decreased over time,

while

the monthly average salary increased over the period of time. In 1953, the

price

of a black and white television was 110

thousand

Yen

,

whereas

the monthly salary was just below 20

thousand

Yen

. After that, in the next 10 years, the

price

of black and white

televisions

significantly dropped and reached 40

thousand

Yen

just before 1963 and that

price

continued to decline slightly until 1983, when it was around 25000

Yen

in 1973 and 20

thousand

Yen

in the year 1983 respectively, which is around five times lower in its initial level.

The colour

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televisions

started their journey nearly 1963, when their

price

was 100

thousand

Yen

,

however

, their

price

also

fell dramatically in the next 30 years, when they showed around 67

thousand

Yen

in 1968, 55

thousand

in 1975, and just below 50

thousand

in the year 1963, which is almost half of its primary level.

On the other hand

, the average rose slowly until 1970, when it was approximately 22

thousand

Yen

,

then

increased slightly above 32

thousand

in 1976, later escalated considerably in 1963 and reached around 67

thousand

.