Reuters: Missiles boost market for nuclear bunkers
Hiroyuki Mogi heaves open a thick concrete door to reveal a basement room lined with cans of food and bottles of water along with beds, an air filter and a laptop computer. Like a growing number of Japanese alarmed by the threat of North Korean missiles, Mogi has made his own arrangements to protect himself and his family in case a nuclear bomb should land on Japan. The government employee from Hino, western Tokyo, said in an interview he had packed enough food to feed his family of four for 10 days into a nuclear shelter in his basement, which is built to withstand temperatures of 1,500 Celsius...Phones have been ringing constantly at precision machinery manufacturer Oribe-Seiki Co., which markets nuclear shelters like Mogi's, since Pyongyang fired off seven missiles last Wednesday...more...
