Doomsday Quake” never came. A viral manga prophecy predicting a megaquake and tsunami off the Japanese coast shook the nation ...

Japanese authorities urged the 89 residents of a small southern island to evacuate after a strong earthquake on Thursday, the latest of more than 1,000 recent jolts to hit the area. Residents were ...

Recent earthquakes are fueling rumors stemming from a comic-book prediction that a major disaster would befall the country ...

While the "Doomsday Quake" prophecy turned out to be unfounded, it serves as a reminder of Japan's ongoing vulnerability to ...

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

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 ...

Japan Doomsday Cultist Given Death. By ABC News. July 25, 2000, 6:23 AM. T O K Y O, July 25 -- A former member of Japan ...

13 people died and 6,000 were left ill, making it the worst terrorist in Japanese history. The cult was preparing for the apocalypse, and had more than 10,000 members in Japan alone.

Japanese media reports say doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara, who has been on death row for masterminding the 1995 deadly Tokyo subway gassing and other crimes, has been executed.

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 ...

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

In "Understanding Doomsday" (1971) I wrote: "The moment the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world entered ...