1999 seemed fully imaginable.” “People today still harness their prosperity to produce weapons of murder. It’s terrifying to ponder what might happen if nuclear weapons fall into the hands of terrorists. You can say that Nostradamus did foresee the present world situation.” References 1929 births 2020 deaths People from Hakodate 20th-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese novelists Tohoku University alumni Writers from Hokkaido