Despite officials urging calm, airline data reflects the superstitious tendencies of travelers. ForwardKeys data analyzed by Bloomberg showed bookings from Hong Kong dropped 50%, and plunged as much ...

How a clairvoyant manga, official government megaquake predictions, and even a horror movie have coincided to create a perfect storm of panic in Japan.

A famously ‘prophetic’ manga predicts Japan will undergo a major earthquake in 2025, causing travelers to call off their ...

A manga artist's prophecy of a disaster in July 2025 sparks fear. Travel bookings to Japan drop significantly, especially from East Asia. Experts state there is no scientific basis for the ...

The reason: a Japanese comic book, or manga, that warns of a devastating natural disaster set to befall Japan. This might sound like a bizarre reason to cancel an upcoming trip, but reports have ...

A compact single-player racer featuring iconic, licensed Japanese cars and a storyline told through manga, it just slid its way onto Steam. I've had my eye on JDM Japanese Drift Master for a while.

Holiday bookings to Japan from key Asian markets have plunged ahead of the busy summer season. The cause: rumours of an impending earthquake prophesied in a manga novel. Social media and viral ...

Travel bookings to Japan from Asian markets have significantly decreased due to earthquake predictions from a manga novel, sparking concerns among travelers. Flight reservations from Taiwan ...

In one such highly publicized case involving the manga “I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl,” a cross-dressing character in the Japanese original was rendered as a trans woman in ...

Japan's travel and tourism industry is feeling the heat following a tsunami prediction attributed to Japanese manga artist Ryo Tatsuki, widely referred to as the "Japanese Baba Vanga." Her warning ...

After the devastating Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami which hit Japan in March 2011, Tatsuki’s manga was rediscovered, with the resulting attention causing copies of the out-of-print book to ...