Is the news "Mortgage expansion of 220 trillion yen" a bad meaning?

The number of people who cannot read newspapers is increasing.

It seems that some people are questioning the article published by the Nikkei Shimbun.

いかにも日本の住宅ローンの膨張が異常と思わせるための日経らしいグラフ。

アメリカの目盛りは4から12の3倍。日本の目盛りは160から240の1.5倍。池上彰のニュースみたいな見せ方してる。

【住宅ローン膨張220兆円: 日本経済新聞】 https://t.co/VNUQvNLyrQ

— Catz🇯🇵🐾 (@Nhhidktbrkk) November 5, 2022

[Translation]

A Nikkei-like graph to make the expansion of Japanese housing loans seem abnormal.

The American scale is three times from 4 to 12. The Japanese scale is 1.5 times from 160 to 240. It's presented like Akira Ikegami's news.

[Housing loan expansion 220 trillion yen: Nihon Keizai Shimbun] https://t.co/VNUQvNLyrQ

— Catz🇯🇵🐾 (@Nhhidktbrkk) November 5, 2022

Certainly, looking at the graph alone, there is a large difference between the value of the US dollar and the Japanese yen, so it may seem unreasonable to put the two side by side.

However, in fact, if you read newspaper articles, you will find that they are not impression manipulations or arbitrarily manipulated graphs.

Home loan expansion 220 trillion yen: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (nikkei.com)

Graphs are only a supporting role of the argument you want to appeal.

Judging what you want to say is not by looking at the graph, but by reading the article.

In that case, I think that this graph has no intention other than that "home loans in the United States are bad, but Japan is so bad that it can't be left to other people's affairs."