{"id":25237,"date":"2025-06-29T18:24:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=25237"},"modified":"2025-06-29T18:33:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:33:40","slug":"july-2025-mega-earthquake-tsunami-predicted-between-japan-and-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=25237","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">July 2025 Mega Earthquake Tsunami Predicted Between Japan And The Philippines<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25238\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-29-at-6.16.35-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-29-at-6.16.35-PM.png 566w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-29-at-6.16.35-PM-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A Japanese manga artist&#8217;s apocalyptic vision has fueled superstitions about travel to the East Asian country this summer\u2014but not everyone is buying into it, as one expert told <em>Newsweek<\/em>, &#8220;Perhaps [Ryo] Tatsuki&#8217;s manga resonates with people outside Japan who have amorphous worries about the future, and this manga is a way to debate or focus on anxiety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why It Matters<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Japan is situated along the circum-Pacific seismic belt\u2014<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/japan-news-earthquake-damage-estimate-report-2053741\">commonly known as the &#8220;Ring of Fire&#8221;<\/a>\u2014which encircles the Pacific Ocean and is responsible for approximately 81 percent of the world&#8217;s largest earthquakes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"fullCode\">\n<div class=\"innerBox\">\n<div class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"flourish-embed\" data-src=\"story\/3161312\" data-height=\"650px\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Interactive or visual content\" src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/story\/3161312\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flourish.studio\/?utm_source=showcase&amp;utm_campaign=story\/3161312\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/bosh.svg\" alt=\"Flourish logo\" \/>A Flourish data visualization<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2><strong>What To Know<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Manga artist Ryo Tatsuki&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Future I Saw<\/em>\u00a0has sparked fear over a natural disaster occurring on July 5, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The manga, first published in 1999 and revisited in a 2021 edition, forecasts a catastrophic event striking Japan this summer. The newer edition features a prediction that a crack will emerge under the seabed between Japan and the Philippines, sending waves ashore three times taller than those from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, CNN reported.<\/p>\n<p>Tatsuki&#8217;s reputation stems in part from previous predictions that appeared to align with real-world events. In\u00a0<em>The Future I Saw<\/em>, she is said to have forecast the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami\u2014events that killed nearly 20,000 people and\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-10-years-what-happened-1575472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster<\/a>. She is also believed by some to have foreseen the deaths of\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/princess-diana\" data-sys=\"1\">Princess Diana<\/a>\u00a0and Freddie Mercury, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic,\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/19\/travel\/japan-trips-canceled-fortune-tellers-comic-book-intl-hnk\" rel=\"nofollow\">as reported by CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2660191\/2011-japan-tsunami.webp?w=790&amp;f=f300fbddb46fe495f0dd94aec7d058e4 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2660191\/2011-japan-tsunami.jpg?w=790&amp;f=f300fbddb46fe495f0dd94aec7d058e4 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2660191\/2011-japan-tsunami.webp?w=900&amp;f=b596b2734e6835b05df552c076564436 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2660191\/2011-japan-tsunami.jpg?w=900&amp;f=b596b2734e6835b05df552c076564436 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2660191\/2011-japan-tsunami.webp?w=790&amp;f=f300fbddb46fe495f0dd94aec7d058e4 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2660191\/2011-japan-tsunami.jpg?w=790&amp;f=f300fbddb46fe495f0dd94aec7d058e4 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2660191\/2011-japan-tsunami.webp?w=450&amp;f=5ccdc27995e830c1a5e61824de2ea3ff 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2660191\/2011-japan-tsunami.jpg?w=450&amp;f=5ccdc27995e830c1a5e61824de2ea3ff 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2660191\/2011-japan-tsunami.webp?w=1200&amp;f=97617094f3e6ea502e4de24c2ce277d9\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2660191\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2660191\/2011-japan-tsunami.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=97617094f3e6ea502e4de24c2ce277d9\" alt=\"2011 Japan Tsunami\" width=\"1200\" height=\"867\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">This picture taken by a Miyako City official on March 11, 2011 and released on March 18, 2011 shows a tsunami breeching an embankment and flowing into the city of Miyako in Iwate prefecture shortly&#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">JIJI PRESS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The forecast prompted a slew of social media posts regarding the potential calamity.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/bloomberg\" data-sys=\"1\">Bloomberg<\/a>\u00a0Intelligence analysis cited by\u00a0<em>The Daily Mail<\/em>, weekly arrival bookings from Hong Kong for late June to early July dropped by more than 80 percent compared to the previous year. Airline bookings from Taiwan and South Korea also fell since April, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>But some Japanese officials have urged people to disregard the warnings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would be a major problem if the spread of unscientific rumors on social media had an effect on tourism,&#8221; said Yoshihiro Murai, governor of Miyagi prefecture,\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/04\/lifestyle\/japans-baba-vanga-warns-of-2025-event-that-could-lead-to-devastation\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to\u00a0<em>The New York Post<\/em><\/a>. &#8220;There is no reason to worry because Japanese are not fleeing abroad &#8230; I hope people will ignore the rumors and visit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>\u00a0reported that the East Asian nation remains a popular tourist destination.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the Japan National Tourism Organization, it reported that in the first three months of 2025, Japan saw its number of visitors reach a record-breaking 10.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Some 2.36 million mainland Chinese travelers visited Japan in the first quarter of this year\u2014a 78 percent increase from 2024, it added.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What People Are Saying<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Laura Miller, professor of Japanese studies at the University of Missouri told\u00a0<em>Newsweek<\/em>:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;I do not think that the majority of people in Japan &#8216;believe&#8217; in predictions by popular writers such as Tatsuki. They already know that earthquakes are recurring events, and scientists themselves are always predicting them. Let&#8217;s not forget that international travel suffered a bit in 2012 when people all over the world thought that the &#8216;Mayan calendar&#8217; predicted an apocalypse. Some scholars might view these cases as displacement of anxiety about the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Miller added: &#8220;Divination and forecasts about the future are present in all forms of popular culture, including hundreds of other manga. But this case is still worth noticing. One reason scholars study popular culture is because it allows us to track cultural worries and anxieties, and manga is media consumed by more than half the population in East Asia. Perhaps Tatsuki&#8217;s manga resonates with people outside Japan who have amorphous worries about the future, and this manga is a way to debate or focus on anxiety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Happens Next<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For her part, Tatsuki has urged readers not to panic. &#8220;It&#8217;s important not to be unnecessarily influenced&#8230; and to listen to the opinions of experts,&#8221; she told Japanese media in a recent interview, as quoted in the\u00a0<em>New York Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/july-2025-mega-tsunami-predicted-japanese-manga-what-know-2083394\">https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/july-2025-mega-tsunami-predicted-japanese-manga-what-know-2083394<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}