Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers.

The cancellations follow the spread of predictions linked to a manga depicting a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

A small Japanese island village has been evacuated following a series of earthquakes numbering over 1,000. Residents of the Toshima village on the Japanese island of Akuseki in Kagoshima prefecture ...