A woman often referred to as Japan’s Baba Vanga has made a dire prediction for July, leading many to reconsider their travel plans. Baba Vanga, despite having passed away in 1996, gained global recognition for her grim yet surprisingly accurate forecasts, including the 9/11 attacks and Princess Diana’s death.
Another individual making waves with her predictions is Ryo Tatsuki, a manga artist who published her book, “The Future I Saw,” in 1999. This work described her visions, several of which have since been realized. One of Tatsuki’s notable forecasts was a significant disaster in March 2011, coinciding with the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan’s northern Tohoku region, claiming over 18,000 lives.
She is also credited with foreseeing the death of Freddie Mercury and the Kobe earthquake of 1995. A ‘complete edition’ of Tatsuki’s book emerged in 2021, warning of a July 2025 calamity set to impact Japan on July 5. Tatsuki has predicted that a fissure will develop under the seabed between Japan and the Philippines, generating waves three times taller than those from the Tohoku earthquake, according to CNN.
Her book further describes Japan’s oceans as ‘boiling,’ which some interpret as a potential sign of an underwater volcanic eruption. The disaster’s epicenter is illustrated as a diamond-shaped zone connecting Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Northern Mariana Islands, The Macao News notes.
Fearing this prediction, many are reportedly canceling their trips to Japan. CN Yuen, the managing director of the Hong Kong-based travel agency WWPKG, informed CNN that bookings to Japan plummeted by 50 percent during the Easter holiday, with expectations of further declines in the coming months.
Concerns were heightened when the Chinese embassy in Tokyo issued a warning regarding natural disasters in Japan. The embassy advised those residing in or traveling to Japan to exercise heightened caution, as reported by the South China Morning Post.