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Mass Travel Cancellations to Japan Following Manga's 2025 Disaster Prediction
- A Japanese manga titled 'The Future I Saw' predicts a major earthquake hitting Japan on July 5, 2025, causing widespread travel cancellations in East Asia.
- This prediction gained attention because the manga, first published in 1999, accurately forecast the 9.0-magnitude Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.
- The republished manga warns that a seabed crack between Japan and the Philippines will trigger waves three times higher than in 2011, intensifying anxiety especially in Hong Kong and China.
- Frankie Chow of Hong Kong's CLS Holiday said the prophecy caused a 70–80% drop in travel inquiries, while Greater Bay Airlines saw reservations fall from 80% expected to 40%.
- Japanese officials urge calm, stating there is 'no reason to worry,' but tourism experts expect cancellations to persist amid social media-fueled rumors despite acknowledged seismic risks.
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The Independent
Travelers avoiding Japan because of dire comic book prediction
Bookings from Asian countries have plummeted by as much as 50 percent compared with last year, following the prediction in the manga graphic novel The Future I Saw
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