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

submitted 22 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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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] 4 points 18 hours ago

Even in my best dreams, I am not that optimistic.

It's long been said that big advances in science require young people to adopt new ideas and wait for the older scientists with older ideas to die off.

That's the standard for people who dedicate their lives to truth and reason. Comparatively, we're talking about average people in this story here.

They will never change. Our only hope of salvation is trying to improve education so that the next generation to be more rational than the previous generation. Of course, we're failing at that, as well.