Despite an annual warning from authorities, a deadly New Year's trend continued in Japan this week as two people died after choking on mochi — a doughy cake made from steamed sweet rice that is ...

Two men in Tokyo, Japan died after choking on mochi around New Years, and now officials are warning others to take care when ...

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 gods (toshigami).

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Two people in Japan have died and seven others had to be taken to hospitals after choking on mochi, a sweet rice cake that can prove difficult to swallow if not thoroughly chewed. In just the ...

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Work to make round rice cakes for New Year is in full swing at Yamada Mochi Honten rice cake shop in Nagoya's Mizuho Ward on Dec. 27, 2024. In the work area, where steam was rising from rice ...

Two elderly men in Japan choked to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year ... in suburban Tokyo also died after choking on the cake, according to Japan Today. In the first three days ...