The Tokara Islands in southern Japan have experienced a wave of more than 1,200 earthquakes since late June, with some reports counting up to 1,600 tremors. The unusual seismic swarm has triggered ...

The temblors have coincided with viral panic stemming from the 2021 reprint of a comic book that many are now interpreting as a clairvoyant prediction of a major earthquake. "The real disaster will ...

A once-obscure manga called Watashi ga Mita Mirai (translated as The Future I Saw) by Ryo Tatsuki allegedly predicted the earthquake/tsunami disaster in March 2011 because Tatsuki claims to have ...

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

More than 1,300 earthquakes have hit Japan's Tokara Islands in two weeks, prompting evacuations of dozens of residents from the remote archipelago on the country's southern tip.

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In recent years, “The Future I Saw” has gained viral attention in Japan and internationally for allegedly predicting the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that devastated Fukushima. Ryo Tatsuki’s ...

A viral manga claiming a “megaquake” on July 5 has stirred global anxiety under the keyword Japan’s Manga ‘Megaquake’ prophecy, prompting travel cancellations amid scientific dismissal. The post Japan ...

Government scientists have reiterated that earthquake swarms are normal and do not lead to major destruction, even as a Japanese manga comic book prediction causes tourist arrivals in Japan to plunge ...

A decades-old manga has Japan on edge as fresh earthquakes hit the country’s south. Despite scientists stressing that quakes cannot be precisely predicted, “The Future I Saw” by Ryo Tatsuki claims a ...

THOUSANDS of tourists cancelled trips to Japan — over predictions of a huge disaster in a graphic novel. The manga comic claimed the nation would be hit yesterday by a tsunami, an asteroid or ...