Japan is abuzz with growing unease after manga artist and self-proclaimed psychic Ryo Tatsuki, dubbed the “New Baba Vanga”, revived her ominous prediction of a catastrophic event set to unfold on July 5, 2025. Her forecast, once confined to her 2021 graphic novel The Future I Saw, envisions an undersea fissure between Japan and the Philippines triggering a mega‑tsunami, boiling seas, and coastal cities “sinking into the sea.

Tatsuki’s reprint of The Future I Saw painted a grim scenario: a massive tsunami three times more powerful than the 2011 Tohoku disaster, accompanied by ominous imagery of giant bubbles and underwater explosions. Her past history of allegedly predicting real-world events, like the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the COVID-19 pandemic, and deaths of public figures, has only increased public apprehension and lent credibility to her latest warning.

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Tourism Tumbles Ahead Of July 5

Fear prompted by her prophecy has already had tangible economic effects. According to Bloomberg Intelligence, flight bookings from Hong Kong to Japan in early July fell by nearly 50 per cent, with broader East Asian markets (China, Taiwan, Thailand) seeing declines of up to 83 per cent.

Hotels and travel agencies are scrambling amid an influx of cancellations and postponements, and some airlines have even halted flights to certain Japanese destinations, including Sendai, for late June and early Jully.

Japanese authorities have stepped in to calm the situation. Yoshihiro Murai, governor of Miyagi Prefecture, hard-hit in 2011, warned against giving credence to “highly unscientific rumors on social media” and called for visitors to maintain their travel plans. No official advisories or scientific warnings have been issued, and geologists stress that precise earthquake timing remains impossible.

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Meet 'New Baba Vanga'

Ryo Tatsuki, a reclusive manga artist, began capturing attention with her prophetic graphic novel first published in 1999. The 2021 reprint surged to bestseller status, driven by eerie parallels between her dreams and real-world disasters

While her July 5 prediction remains unverified and scientifically unfounded, the public’s anxiety illustrates how prophetic art, and viral media, can influence behaviour and markets. As the date looms, the world watches, wary of catastrophe or dismissing it as an elaborate work of fiction.