How Japanese mochi brings communities in America together 04:08. Despite an annual warning from authorities, a deadly New Year's trend continued in Japan this week as two people died after choking ...

Two people died in Japan after choking on mochi to celebrate the new year. Despite officials warning the population about the choking hazard posed by the popular rice cake that is traditionally ...

According to a survey conducted by Tokyo Fire, 368 people were rushed to the hospital after choking on mochi between 2019 and 2023, with about 90% of them people over 65 years old, Nippon TV reported.

Two elderly men in Japan died after choking to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year's ... Another man in his 80s who lived in suburban Tokyo also died after choking on the cake ...

With roots that spread across continents, the story of Mochi, a traditional Japanese rice cake, is a delicious one ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A free mochi-tuski rice cake-pounding event will be held at the Kingston Pop-Up Shop & Cafe at 10 Cedar St. on Saturday, Dec. 28, from 2-4 p.m. The organizers said the mochi ...

TOKYO -- Can eating "mochi" rice cake and "daifuku" mochi filled with sweet bean paste help you avoid the restroom? Recently, a curious piece of advice has been circulating on social media as a ...

Kagami Mochi. This is mochi, or rice cake, formed into a round shape to represent a mirror (kagami), one of the three sacred treasures, and displayed at New Year as an offering to the New Year ...