North Korea has been busy launching missiles and testing nuclear weapons the past few weeks—and their flexing of power on the international stage has many worried. As fear of global conflict increases, their neighbor, Japan, is left particularly vulnerable due to its proximity to North Korea and its hosting of numerous U.S. military bases. Fear of a strike in the country is growing. Discussion of a possible missile strike and what to do have dominated TV talk shows and media in Japan in recent weeks as interest in regional television has spiked. Tokyo has encouraged local governments to carry out evacuation drills and Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe is currently in Moscow discussing the global response with Putin. 

The growing threat of a nuclear attack has lead to a huge uptick in private nuclear shelters. One company, Oribe Seiki Seisakusho, which usually sells about six bunkers a year, has received eight orders in April alone. Earth Shift, another company specializing in fallout retreats has received 10 times as many inquiries for quotes this year. Reuters visited one of these model shelters—a tropical-themed bunker built by the company Shelter Co. The shelter includes an anti-blast door, an anti-radiation air purifier, a tunnel exit, a Geiger counter (an instrument used for measuring ionizing radiation), gas masks, other emergency supplies and a television for entertainment. In addition, the CEO who showed off his bunker has decked it out with a tropical ambience, painting the ceiling with blue skies and covering the walls with tropical palm trees.