Officials urge cutting the mochi into smaller pieces, chewing slowly and close supervision to prevent suffocation A cherished New Year’s tradition turned deadly in Japan’s capital as a Tokyo Fire ...
A grim New Year's trend continued in Japan as four women choked to death on traditional rice cakes and 12 other people were hospitalized, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported. The women who died were ...
A woman died and six other people were hospitalized in Tokyo after choking on mochi, a chewy rice cake that in recent years has killed and hospitalized hundreds of people in Japan, where it is often ...
(ABC NEWS) -- At least nine people have reportedly choked to death on New Year's rice cakes inJapan, and officials are urging people to chew slowly on the treats. Sticky rice cakes, or "mochi," are an ...
A grim New Year's trend continued in Japan as four women choked to death on traditional rice cakes and 12 other people were hospitalized, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported. The women who died were ...