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Flight reservations to Japan from some of its key tourism markets have reportedly plummeted, with some linking the fall to The Future I Saw, a Japanese graphic novel based on the “prophetic” dreams of its author, Ryo Tatsuki.

The cover of the original, published in 1999, refers to a “great disaster” occurring in March 2011 – the date Japan experienced a deadly earthquake and tsunami. In a new edition containing additional material that was published in 2021, Tatsuki said the next major disaster would occur on 5 July 2025. Her claim has fuelled sensationalist social media posts warning people to stay away from Japan.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Everyone likes to highlight the predictions that came true

No one ever likes to talk about the thousands of predictions that all failed to predict anything

[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No but you see, this one actually predicted a lot of stuff that actually happened!

…I mean, she said that she predicted them after they happened, but I’m sure she wouldn’t lie about that, would she?

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Christians have been saying similar things for 2,000 years

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Even tho Jesus said no one except God will know when Jesus' second coming will happen. (Matthew 24:36-44).

[–] kronosphere@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago