Seismic activity that swept through Japan in late June 2025 may become not only a geological event, but an epistemological one as well. From June 22 to July 2, 2025, according to the JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency), the Tokara Islands experienced 890 tremors — 474 of them within just five days. The largest quake reached a magnitude of 5.1. Despite the absence of destruction, anxiety in the region reached its peak: a heightened alert level was declared on the islands. This seismic uptick has triggered a new wave of discussions — not only about science, but about the very nature of how we perceive the future.
At the center of the controversy is a prophecy by Japanese artist Ryo Tatsuki, often dubbed the "Asian Vanga." She first came into the spotlight with the release of her manga The Future I Saw, which, according to readers, accurately predicted the 2011 Fukushima disaster. A republished 2021 edition includes another ominous vision — a catastrophic tsunami caused by an underwater fault between Japan and the Philippines. The date: July 5, 2025.
The official stance of the academic community remains firm: "Modern science does not possess tools to accurately predict the time and location of earthquakes," emphasizes Professor Naoya Sekiya of the University of Tokyo. However, the statistical anomaly of recent days is forcing even skeptics to admit the occurrence of an “extremely unusual chain of events.” And if a destructive earthquake or tsunami does occur in the coming days, it would pose a historical challenge to the entire scientific paradigm that denies the possibility of irrational foresight.
Against this backdrop, my project TRON (Technology Real-time Online Nucleus) — based on the idea of accurately forecasting earthquakes through behavioral and biological signal analysis — no longer looks like fantasy, but like an attempt to build a bridge between the rational and the intuitive. TRON does not rely on mysticism — but neither does it rule out the possibility of alternative forms of foresight, including still-undiscovered perceptual channels used by animals and humans. If Ryo Tatsuki’s prediction proves accurate, the world will be forced to reconsider not only its approach to seismology — but to the very nature of knowledge itself.
Today, at the intersection of science, mysticism, and social anxiety, a new worldview is being born. The future may not be as chaotic as we once thought. Perhaps it leaks into the present through dreams, images, flashes of intuition — even through works of art. If a destructive event really does occur on July 5, 2025, it could mark the beginning of a new scientific revolution — one that makes room for occult sciences, and for the human being capable of seeing through the veil of probabilities.