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

TOKYO/HONG KONG -Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan’s ...

Steve Huen Kwok-chuen, executive director of EGL Tours, said on Monday that rumours of a July 5 earthquake had earlier caused ...

More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, leaving ...

The viral rumours have created panic among tourists, with some airlines cancelling flights to Japanese cities due to low ...

Japan’s government on Saturday warned of more possible strong earthquakes in waters southwest of its main islands, but urged ...

Since June 21, as many as 1,031 earthquakes rattled the Tokara island chain south of the Kyushu region in Japan.

While the "Doomsday Quake" prophecy turned out to be unfounded, it serves as a reminder of Japan's ongoing vulnerability to ...

Japan's weather agency said an earthquake that rattled small islands in the country's southwest on Saturday was in no way ...

A viral prophecy from Ryo Tatsuki’s 1999 manga has caused widespread panic across East Asia, as it predicted a “mega ...

A magnitude 5.4 temblor struck off the Tokara island chain on Saturday, the latest in a series of seismic events in the area.

A series of earthquakes near Japan’s remote Tokara Islands over the past two weeks, along with a major eruption from a ...