Ryo Tatsuki’s prediction: Have you ever seen a single prediction devastate a country’s economy? That’s what happened recently in Japan. Japanese manga artist Ryo Tatsuki’s prediction that a major earthquake would hit Japan today, July 5, shook the Japanese economy.
Japanese government officials and experts strongly denied the prediction. The Japan Meteorological Agency dismissed the prediction as a hoax, saying it had no scientific basis, but it could not reduce Japan’s losses.
When Ryo Tatsuki’s prediction went viral on social media platforms, it caused widespread panic and concern in Asian countries. Panic spread within moments that the earthquake would cause the world’s worst disaster if it triggered a tsunami.
With this, the viral prediction severely affected Japan’s tourism industry, especially many foreign tourists from Asia canceled their trips to Japan. The drop in visitor numbers has led some airlines to cut flights to Japan, and the country has been hit hard by the cancellation of flights by Chinese tourists, a major source of income for Japanese tourism.
Manga artist Ryo Tatsuka is a 70-year-old Japanese author who wrote the book ‘The Future I See’. She made the prediction in her book ‘The Future I See’. In early June, Ryo Tatsuka predicted that a major disaster would hit Japan on July 5. She later urged people not to take her predictions too seriously and instead to consult experts. The Japanese government and the Japan Meteorological Agency officially rejected the prediction.
However, it is estimated that Japan’s tourism industry has suffered losses of 3,42,00,62,00,000 crore rupees, or 4 billion dollars. Japan has been hit hard by a sharp drop in bookings from tourists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea, and airlines have reduced flights to Japan, severely impacting local businesses and tourism-dependent sectors.
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