Opium scourge - opium

Japanese: アヘン禍 - あへんか
Opium scourge - opium

...Indian opium exports to China peaked in 1880, in terms of price, and continued until the beginning of the 20th century, when international opposition to opium began to grow. Small amounts of opium were imported into Japan for medicinal purposes through trading companies in Dejima, Nagasaki, but the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan (1858), which decided to open the ports, included a prohibition on opium imports, as insisted by the United States, and Japan was able to avoid the opium disaster.
[The opium crisis and response]
Opium was also popular in the 19th century in England, France and other countries.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "opium crisis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…インド産アヘンの中国輸出のピークは,価格でみると1880年であり,20世紀に入って国際的な反対が強まるまで続いた。日本へは長崎出島の会所貿易で薬用として少量入っていたが,開港を決めた日米修好通商条約(1858)の4条に〈アヘン禁輸〉がアメリカ側の主張で明記されたために,アヘン禍をまぬがれることができた。アヘン戦争
[アヘン禍とその対応]
 アヘンはまた19世紀のイギリス,フランスなどでも大流行した。…

※「アヘン禍」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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