Japanese manga scares tourists away with doomsday prediction

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Japanese manga scares tourists away with doomsday prediction

Access Asia

12 minutes 32 seconds

5 months ago

Japanese manga scares tourists away with doomsday prediction

Superstitious tourists from Hong Kong and China have been cancelling their trips to Japan, partly due to a manga – first published in the 1990s – predicting that a major catastrophe will hit the country in July. We take a closer look.