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 ...

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

TOKYO - Japan's government on Saturday warned of more possible strong earthquakes in waters southwest of its main islands, but urged the public not to believe unfounded predictions of a major disaster ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

A former member of a Japanese doomsday cult wanted for the murder of a notary official surrendered after nearly 17 years on the run, authorities said Sunday. Makoto Hirata turned himself in late ...

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 ...