Japanese rush to build nuclear bunkers, buy up air purifiers amid rising tensions with N.Korea - room air purifier price

The growing tensions in East Asia seem to have brought benefits to a specific business sector in Japan;
People who provide shelter and air purifiers for people.
Oribe Seiki Seisakusho, a company in western Japan that specializes in the design and installation of nuclear bomb shelters under houses, has received eight shelters since early April, according to Reuters, said Nobuko Oribe, director of the company.
Media reports say the company usually has only six contracts for the whole year.
"It takes time and money to build a shelter.
But in this tense atmosphere, all we hear is that they want one now.
They asked us to come up and give them an estimate right away, "Oribe told Reuters. Some 50 Swiss-
The air purifiers manufactured to deal with radiation and toxic gases are also sold out, Oribe said, adding that he wants to buy more purifiers for sale.
The price of the purifier for 6 people is 620,000 yen ($5,630), while the price of the purifier for 13 people usually installed in the home shelter is 1.
7 million yen ($15,440 ).
Oribe noted that these shelters were ordered not only for private homes, but also for some companies.
Advertising by Oribe Seiki Seisakusho says their residence is a sealed tunnel with radioactive and toxic gas filters.
The room can withstand the equivalent of the atomic bomb dropped by the US military in Hiroshima on 1945, if the bomb falls about 660 m or more from the tunnel.
Earth Shift, a similar company in Shizuoka county, also reported receiving 10 times more asylum requests than ever before, Reuters reported.
Akira Shiga, its sales manager, said the number of orders from customers across Japan has been steadily increasing since February.
After Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a speech to Congress on April warning North Korea of its ability to launch missiles containing toxic substances, Japan's concerns about the possibility of nuclear and chemical attacks have been rising.
Tokyo also urged the local government to conduct evacuation exercises in the event of a missile attack.
Japan's anxiety has further exacerbated memories of the infamous doomsday cult's 1995 Tokyo Metro sarin attack, which killed 12 people and injured more than 4,000 others.
Last week, two Japanese naval vessels joined the US aircraft carrier battle group Carl Vinson on their way to the Korean Peninsula, a clear sign of force designed to deter North Korea.
The military exercise coincided with Pyongyang's preparations to celebrate the 85 th anniversary of the Army.
On Sunday, North Korea threatened to sink an American aircraft carrier scheduled to arrive on the Korean Peninsula within a few days.