The cancellations follow the spread of predictions linked to a manga depicting a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

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

By Tom Bateman, Kathleen Benoza and Joyce Zhou TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a ...

People in Japan are scared for what lies ahead, and people outside the country are rethinking their plans to visit, spooked by a doomsday prediction.

Japan’s volcanic eruption stirs fears after manga artist Ryo Tatsuki’s eerie 2025 “mega disaster” prediction resurfaces ...

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

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 ...

TOKYO --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 ...

The head of a Japanese doomsday cult responsible for deadly gas attacks in the 1990s was executed Friday, Japan’s justice minister said.

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 ...

2012: Doomsday cult member surrenders to police in Japan. Deadly cult Aum Shinrikyo’s killings began in November 1989, when lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto – who was working on a class action case ...