Popular manga’s ‘catastrophe warning’ for Japan triggers mass travel cancellations and tourism slump - Japan bookings have ...

In the comic, published in 1999 by Ryo Tatsuki, a huge earthquake prompts scores of tsunami waves that engulf Japan. The date of the fictional disaster: July 2025.

Japanese meteorological agency chief on Friday dismissed growing rumors of a major earthquake in Japan this summer as groundless and “hoax,” urging people not to worry because even today’s most advsan ...