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The interest of Japanese visitors immersed in June in June, in front of a prophecy of a manga that anticipated June in July 2025.
The forecast was 2021 in the “Watashi Ga Mita Mirai, Kanzenban” (Watashi Ga Mirai, Kanai, “I saw the future, full edition”) by the artist Ryo Tatsuki.
On the original print of the book in 1999, the skin page “mentioned in March 2011”.
In March 2011, Japan had a record of the most powerful earthquake, a great tohoku earthquake, almost 20,000 dead and fukushima daiichi caused a nuclear disaster.
A List of Amazon In fact, the recurrence stated that the author “New Prophetic Dream” “that the real disaster” will come in July 2025, according to a Google translation.
CN Yuen, CNBC CNB Corn Kong said CNBC said that the CNBC was very circulated in Hong Kong, and spread through the main media, television networks and YouTube influence.
Visitors from Hong Kong were immersed in June 33.4% in June, after 11.2% in May, according to the Japanese national tourism organization.
Yuen said his agency has seen reservations and queries in May in April and in May last 50% last year.
The arrival of other Asian countries also had a slower growth. The arrival of South Korea rose by 3.8% in June compared to 11.8% of May. The arrival of Taiwan slowly slowed down, 15.5% in May in June.
Japanese foreign visitors rose by 24%, from January to January from January, compared to 2024, but June increased by 7.6% in accordance with Japanese travel statistics.
‘Perfect storm’
WWPKG’s Yuen said it is used to make delays related to natural disasters, which usually ends after the end of the incident.
But “This time, it’s different, because nothing really happened. It’s only a rumor or prophecy,” CNBC said. “This is the first time we’ve seen a fact for such an event.”
Hong Kong and Japanese media reported earlier in July Hong Kong Airlines cutting flights to some Japanese cities, including Nailya.
January Report Japanese Asahi ShimbunThe country’s headquarters focuses on the research of the Earthquake Research at the next 30 years, the probability of a Megaquake rose to 80%, combined with prediction, created the “perfect storm”, Yuen said.
However, The Japanese Meteorological Agency said: “It should be noted that the emission of information indicating the high potential of the Earthquake of the Channel can does not mean that it will really strike.”
Asian tourists are more affected than the western
Jnto data showed the share of Asian tourists throughout the year, but they rose from western countries.
CNBC experts gave several reasons, including cultural.
“Manga is not only entertainment; it is very well read during age groups. In some Asian societies, he has a cultural authority,” Zimbabayah Kamble, holding the Hospitality Hospitality of the University of James Cook.
This combined with the memory of past disasters and the reality of seismic vulnerabilities in Japan, it means “a great reson” region, he said.
Kiattipoom Kiatkawsin, associated teaching at the Singapore Institute of Management, said rapid spread of rumors through social media platforms and the collective nature of the collective nature of many Asian societies led to the perceived social risk amplification.
“This means that some people have doubts, in decisions that can significantly affect the collective responses of their community or classmates, with extended behavior, such as traveling,” KiatkaWay said.
“In this case, a fictional narrative of social media could be compelling, if there is no scientifically based reason, he said.
But two experts also had more common reason: flexibility of short transport travel.
Kiatkawsin said the flights canceled costs and hotel reserves are not perceived as obstacles.
“If they don’t travel to Japan this time, they can go to another time again to re-organize again,” he added.
Kiatkawsin said he does not expect predictions that it will affect the Japanese travel-overview because the announcement is limited in July.
– CNBC Koela Ling helped this story.
