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

TOKYO/HONG KONG -Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan’s ...

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

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

The viral rumours have created panic among tourists, with some airlines cancelling flights to Japanese cities due to low ...

A series of earthquakes near Japan’s remote Tokara Islands over the past two weeks, along with a major eruption from a ...

Rumors of a 'disaster day' stemming from a manga and amplified by the internet passed without the catastrophe people had been ...

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

Since June 21, as many as 1,031 earthquakes rattled the Tokara island chain south of the Kyushu region in Japan.

Japan's weather agency said an earthquake that rattled small islands in the country's southwest on Saturday was in no way ...

Recent earthquakes are fueling rumors stemming from a comic-book prediction that a major disaster would befall the country ...