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

A manga’s eerie prophecy predicting a July 5 quake has triggered mass panic in Japan, crashing tourism, cancelling flights, and putting The Future I Saw in the spotlight again.

Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan's tourism boom, with some airlines cancelling flights from Hong Kong where passengers numbers have plunged.