The given line graph illustrates the average monthly income of Japanese and the prices of televisions (black & white and color) 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 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 color TV. Although the price of this means of entertainment was a hundred when it first appeared in 1980, it declined to only a 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
