Japan anticipates a major earthquake and tsunami. Ryo Tatsuki's forecast for July 5, 2025, sparks widespread concern. The prediction involves a massive earthquake along the Pacific coast. It could trigger a tsunami more devastating than the 2011 disaster.

Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers.

Just two days before the exact date (July 5, 2025) that manga artist Ryo Tatsuki predicted in her cult novel The Future I Saw, Japan was rattled by a 5.5-magnitude earthquake on Thursday. The quake’s bizarre closeness to the predicted disaster has revived curiosity in the so-called “Baba Vanga of Japan” and led to an