Travel between the US and Japan is emerging as a rare bright spot this summer for American carriers, easing the blow from a ...

More than 1.5 million seats are scheduled to fly from the US to Japan during June, July and August — a 6.4% increase from a ...

Japan bookings have dropped 50 per cent after a manga artist ‘predicted’ a natural disaster, says Hong Kong travel agency ...

Japanese officials are dismissing alarm over the prediction of a July “catastrophe” in a comic book, “The Future I Saw,” ...

A child looks toward inflatables of Doraemon, an earless Japanese cartoon cat from the future, in front of the Taipei City Council yesterday during a preview of the official opening of the “100% ...

Natalie Portman-produced animated feature Arco, by the first feature of French director Ugo Bienvenu, has won the top Cristal Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The movie ...

The head of Japan's meteorological agency has dismissed widespread rumours of a major earthquake in Japan next month as unscientific and a "hoax," urging people not to worry because even the most ...

Japan has been rocked by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake.. The tremor occurred off the cost of Kushiro, at a moderately shallow depth of 44km. The city of Kushiro, on Japan's northern island, was hit ...

Japan’s last major earthquake was in 2011, which caused a devastating tsunami and nuclear disaster in Fukushima. Even so, overall tourism to Japan remains buoyant. In April, ...

Travelers from China and Hong Kong are canceling trips to Japan. They’re scared of a big earthquake. A famous cartoon predicted it. A cartoon from 2000 warned of a big disaster in March 2011. That’s ...

Fear of a massive earthquake, amplified by both soothsayers and social media, is prompting some travelers to steer clear of Japan. And for many, it’s a comic book that’s scaring them away.