Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers.

While the "Doomsday Quake" prophecy turned out to be unfounded, it serves as a reminder of Japan's ongoing vulnerability to ...

Doomsday Quake” never came. A viral manga prophecy predicting a megaquake and tsunami off the Japanese coast shook the nation with fear—but when the time came, there was only silence. Yet, experts say ...

But hope isn’t completely lost. While you can’t access Gachiakuta for free, there are ways to access the manga digitally ...

Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan's tourism boom, with ...

An earthquake shook southwestern Japan on Saturday, registering a magnitude of 5.4. As the disaster hit the region, it ...

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Japan gets earthquakes every day – but viral predictions of a July 5 megaquake, from psychics to feng shui masters, have ...

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More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, leaving ...

The cancellations follow the spread of predictions linked to a manga depicting a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

A 1999 manga predicting a July 2025 megaquake in Japan sparks travel cancellations and panic, despite expert warnings that ...