Overview

• Flight reservations from Hong Kong fell 50% year-on-year and late June–early July bookings plunged 83%, according to Bloomberg Intelligence’s analysis of ForwardKeys data
• Miyagi Governor Yoshihiro Murai and other regional leaders have publicly implored visitors not to give credence to Ryo Tatsuki’s predictions
• Japan’s Cabinet Office Disaster Prevention Division and seismologists stress that current science cannot specify the date, time or location of earthquakes
• Viral social media posts and endorsements by psychics have amplified the manga’s warnings despite Tatsuki herself urging people to heed expert guidance
• Inbound tourism remains robust overall, with a record 3.9 million foreign visitors in April 2025 spurred by a weak yen