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Decline in tourist numbers to Japan blamed on manga's disaster prediction (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 9 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In short:

Japan has seen a decline in tourists, especially from China, with some citing a disaster prediction in a manga (Japanese comic book) that was first published in 1999.

The manga The Future I Saw details the dreams of the author, including one that some believe predicted Japan's tsunami in 2011.

What's next?

The manga's reprint in 2021 triggered rumours a catastrophic event would occur on July 5, 2025, which has sparked concerns from some superstitious tourists about travelling to Japan.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

It couldn't possibly related to a global decline in tourism, could it? No, obviously it's this obscure manga 1999 that's responsible.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago

I live in Taiwan, so I'm pretty close to Japan. Plane ticket prices to Japan are dropping, and there are rumors also of people leaving (temporarily?) from Japan for this occasion. So yeah, some people take it seriously 😅

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It's a great time to visit Japan. The yen is really down, so the exchange rate is great.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago

And I hear tourism is going down, so it might be less crowded.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

There’s a global decline in tourism?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

To the USA, definitely. I would also expect problems with Russian international tourism as well.

I don't know why Japan would be having issues, though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

It could be that they tend to be hostile towards foreigners.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

And all of a sudden all the foreigners got that intel?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Tbf they probably have good reason.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Not really, no. Japan is just traditionally pretty xenophobic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I don't know about that. there has been a huge slew of foreigners coming in and buying up all their affordable land and housing to make AirBnBs. if that were happening in my area I'd hate foreigners too. especially because most are likely not making any effort to fit in with the community and are just creating wealthy expat enclaves taking advantage of the low yen value.

also if comparing xenophobia have you seen -gestures to the rest of the entire world-

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

I mean it's probably not the only reason, but like this is actually a thing. Flights are being canceled over this.