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The Sun
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Thousands of tourists CANCELLED holidays after Japan's ‘Baba Vanga' predicted terrifying natural disaster
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 even the end of the world. 3 3 Despite a volcanic eruption at Mount Shinmoedake and several earth tremors on its Tokara Islands, thankfully the doomsday prediction failed to come true. But it was enough for superstitious travellers to stay away. Nearly four million people visited Japan in April but there was an 11 per cent dip in May. Most of the cancellations were from people in Hong Kong but also from China, Vietnam and Thailand. The predictions came in The Future I Saw, in which artist Ryo Tatsuki details her dreams. In 1999, the comic warned of a disaster in March 2011 — and that month a Japanese earthquake and tsunami killed 18,000 people. It garnered cult status and a Complete Edition reprint in 2021 included the new prophecy that the 'real disaster' would hit on July 5, 2025. But Tatsuki's publishers have insisted she is 'not a prophet'. Moment 'mini-tsunami' sweeps SIDEWAYS across tourist beach injuring 8 injured as freak wave drags sunbathers over rocks 3
Daily Mail
04-07-2025
- Climate
- Daily Mail
VOLCANO erupts in Japan as country heads towards date of 'mega disaster' predicted by 'Baba Vanga' prophet and is hit by earthquake
A volcanic eruption has rocked southern Japan, sending an ash cloud soaring 2,800metres into the sky a day before a prophecy said a 'mega disaster' would hit. Japan's Meteorological Agency is now bracing for falling volcanic rocks and pyroclastic flows within a near two mile radius of Mount Shinmoedake. Authorities have also warned residents to stay inside as it prepares for the worst. It comes as an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 was recorded off the coast of the Tokara island chain yesterday. A major natural disaster was predicted by manga artist Ryo Tatsuki, who has been likened to Bulgarian prophet Baba Vanga. In her book, The Future I Saw, based on her 'prophetic dreams', she warned that disaster would struck on June 5, 2025. After her prediction went viral on social media, there was a significant drop in flight bookings to the country. Although the artist herself has cautioned people about reading too much into her predictions, it has been enough to cause panic. Manga artist Tatsuki predicted in her book that there would be a major natural disaster in the country on June 5, 2025 The blast from Mount Shinmoedake, part of the Kirishima volcanic range on Kyushu Island, erupted just after 3:30pm local time on Wednesday. It covered parts of Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in thick ash. Japan's Meteorological Agency had already sounded the alarm, raising the alert level to 3 nearly a week earlier on June 27, after detecting signs of rising volcanic activity. At a government volcano research committee meeting held just a day before the eruption, scientists noted swelling beneath the mountain and a spike in volcanic gas output. Although no fresh magma was detected, officials warned the threat of a magma eruption couldn't be ruled out. Shimizu Hiroshi, who chairs the committee, said: 'While this eruption doesn't currently involve new magma, the possibility remains. Close monitoring is essential.' Shinmoedake has a long history of fiery activity. A devastating eruption in 2011 triggered evacuations and flight chaos across the region. The volcano last erupted in 2018, though that event was far less intense. Shinmoedake has strong to popular culture - it was famously featured as the villain's secret volcano lair in the 1967 James Bond classic, You Only Live Twice. Authorities continue to monitor the mountain around the clock as residents prepare for potential aftershocks. It has been estimated that over 900,000 people live around the volcano.
Daily Mail
03-07-2025
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Earthquake strikes Japan - two days before exact date 'Baba Vanga' prophet predicted 'disastrous' tremor would hit
Japan has recorded an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5, according to the country's Meteorological Agency. The epicentre was off the coast of the Tokara island chin located in Kagoshima, almost 1,200 kilometres away from Tokyo. Despite the earthquake, the agency has said that a tsunami warning has not been issued. Meanwhile, a seismic intensity of '6 lower' on Japan's 1-7 scale was recorded at Akusei Island, according to the agency. The earthquake comes just two days before the exact that a prophet predicted that there would be a disastrous tremor. Ryo Tatsuki, a manga artist, who has often been compared to doom prophet Bana Vanga has been famed for his accurate predictions. He correctly prophesised about the deaths of Freddie Mercury and Princess Diana alongside many huge world events. The artist was even able to predict the coronavirus pandemic and the Kobe earthquake in 2011. A novel released by the artist based on her 'prophetic dreams' said that there would be a disastrous natural disaster on July 5, 2025.
Washington Post
19-06-2025
- Washington Post
A popular manga predicted catastrophe — and Japanese tourism took a hit
SEOUL — A Japanese comic book's premonition of an impending natural disaster in Japan has gotten some tourists so wigged out that they are avoiding the country this summer, prompting government officials to try to dispel rampant rumors about the prophecy. The recent decline in sales of flights from some key Asian tourist markets to Japan have been attributed to a manga by Ryo Tatsuki: 'The Future I Saw.'
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
In 35 days, a ‘mega tsunami' will devastate Japan (according to a comic book ‘prophet')
A long-forgotten prophecy of impending apocalypse has resurfaced in Japan, putting the disaster-prone country I call home on edge once again. According to Ryo Tatsuki's manga comic book, The Future I Saw, the sea south of the island nation will bubble in July this year, intimating that a huge earthquake and tsunami are imminent. The book, which was originally published in 1999 and depicts cartoon visions of Tatsuki's dreams, has become a recent bestseller after going viral on social media. Hundreds of thousands of copies have been sold, driven by claims that the 70-year-old artist and author accurately predicted the 1995 Great Hanshin (Kobe) earthquake in Japan, the Covid-19 pandemic and the sudden deaths of Freddie Mercury and Princess Diana. Many believe the original version of her comic – with a cover warning of a 'massive disaster in March 2011' – predicted the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan 14 years ago, triggering the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant, the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. In an updated edition published in 2021, Tatsuki predicts the next disaster will strike on July 5, when a seabed crack between Japan and the Philippines will send waves three times taller than those seen in the 2011 tsunami crashing ashore. While gripping the nation, her ominous tale is also having an impact far beyond Japan itself, triggering mass cancellations of trips to the country. Chinese tourists, in particular, seem to be taking the prophecy seriously, with many cancelling their summer trips to Japan. The fear has also spread to countries like Thailand and Vietnam, where travel warnings about Japan are widely shared on social media, and to Hong Kong, where psychics have issued warnings of impending disaster. Absurd, superstitious nonsense? Maybe. But the powerful impact of Tatsuki's supposed prophecy has less to do with her past track record – which like most mystics consists of connecting vague utterances to real-world events – and more to do with a deep-seated anxiety about the geological realities of East Asia. Japan itself lies on the ring of fire – on top of four major tectonic plates – and the fear of natural disaster prowls the consciousness of every resident in the country. Anyone who lives here is likely to receive every year, through the door, a detailed 'disaster map' from the local government – marking areas at risk of tsunami, floods and landslides – and showing nearby evacuation centres. Everyone knows where these shelters are and regularly takes part in drills. It's common for people to keep a bag of emergency supplies by their front door, ready in case they suddenly become homeless refugees. So much so that it's easy to become blasé about the threat of natural disasters. But earlier this year, Japan's government earthquake research committee issued its latest best-guess prediction on the likelihood and impact of a massive quake in the Nankai Trough – located in the waters south of Japan along the Pacific coast. The scenario they envision is jaw-droppingly apocalyptic. The committee warns there is an '80 per cent' chance of a mega earthquake, magnitude 8 or higher, striking the area within the next 30 years. Such an event would generate waves up to 100ft tall, devastating the entire seaboard of central Japan – especially the south coast of Shikoku, the Kii Peninsula, and the Nagoya region – but also reaching Osaka, Kobe and other major urban centres. Around 300,000 people could be killed, 12 million displaced and the immediate damage estimated at nearly £1.5 trillion – roughly double Japan's national budget. Those figures are staggering. Not just in the projected number of deaths and the cost of the devastation, but also in the relative nearness of the timescale and the extremely high odds of the disaster occurring. In other words, what the experts are saying is: it's very probably going to happen. And relatively soon. And a 'go bag' by the door of your apartment is not going to save you or your family. More than the rediscovery of a 26-year-old comic book, it is this science-backed prophecy from the Japanese government that has prompted the deep unease and sense of panic. Predictions, of course, can be notoriously unreliable. Go back to the late 1980s and early 1990s and all the talk was of the 'Big One', the devastating earthquake that tended to strike Tokyo every 70 years or so (the last catastrophic quakes in Tokyo were in 1923 and 1855, killing over 100,000 and 7,000 people respectively). But in a country like Japan, attempting to outrun disaster – predicted or otherwise – can prove futile. In the early 1990s, I decided I would permanently avoid Tokyo going forward and moved to Kobe, where no one could ever remember an earthquake having taken place. That is until the morning of Jan 17 1995, when a huge earthquake killed around 6,000 people in the city and destroyed the apartment I was living in. So I continue to edgily live in Japan alongside the ever-present threat. I drill my children on what to do if a major quake occurs – flee north as fast as your legs will take you to get away from any accompanying tsunami. I tell them that if our house collapses, they are not to spend more than ten minutes looking for Daddy's body, but to evacuate immediately. Once uphill, don't look back, I say. For the 37 years in which I have been visiting and living in Japan, I have been constantly weighing up its risks. But only when I read the latest earthquake research committee prediction did it occur to me that I still wasn't fully processing the information. I suspect even the tourists cancelling their trips this summer – because they hope a clairvoyant can pin down 'risk' to a specific day – don't fully appreciate just how dire the warning is. Because if a catastrophic, apocalypse-style event of the like thought by experts to be highly probable in the next three decades actually occurs, then the country as we know it would, in the space of an hour or so, pretty much cease to exist. The almost perfectly safe, charming, jewel-like existence enjoyed in modern Japan would suddenly be turned into something comparable to the most hellish of war zones. Truly understanding that means treasuring every day in the country, foreboding comic books and all. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
