The late author Sakyo Komatsu’s best-selling 1973 sci-fi novel “Japan Sinks” depicts the Japanese archipelago being consumed by the sea following a series of catastrophic earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.
Adapted numerous times over the years across various media, the two-volume epic highlighted the geological risks facing the quake-prone nation and foreshadowed the disasters it would face in the decades to come.
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