India, Dec. 9 -- Japan's internet is once again gripped by unease and curiosity over a manga artist whose work has earned a reputation for unsettling accuracy.

Ryo Tatsuki, a 70-year-old illustrator, has gone viral after renewed attention on her 1999 manga The Future That I Saw, which documents a series of dreams she claims foretold real-world disasters.

The latest cause for alarm is a grim prediction: a massive tsunami striking Japan in July 2025.

This is as an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck Japan on Monday evening, triggering a tsunami of up to 50 centimetres in Pacific coast communities, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). It said that the surges could potentially get higher.

Interest in the manga resurfaced aft...