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

Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan's tourism boom, with ...

Viral rumors of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan's tourism boom, with ...

There have been more than 900 earthquakes, most of them small tremors, on islands off the southern tip of Kyushu in recent ...

The last six members of a Japanese doomsday cult who remained on death row were executed Thursday for a series of crimes in the 1990s including a sarin gas attack on Tokyo subways that killed 13 ...

Japan has had record visitor numbers this year, with April setting an record monthly high of 3.9 million travelers. Ryo Tatsuki, the artist behind the manga “The Future I Saw,” first published ...

Japan logged an all-time monthly high of 3.9 million travelers in April 2025 before arrivals fell in May, particularly from Hong Kong, where superstition over the manga's forecast drove an 11 ...

The cult once claimed 10,000 members in Japan and 30,000 in Russia. It has disbanded, though nearly 2,000 people follow its rituals in three splinter groups, monitored by authorities.

Japan has had record visitor numbers this year, with April setting an record monthly high of 3.9 million travellers. Ryo Tatsuki, the artist behind the manga The Future I Saw, first published in 1999 ...

Six members of a Japanese doomsday cult held responsible for the deaths of dozens of people have been executed, according to Japan’s justice minister. The group’s leader Shoko Asahara – real ...