In just the first three days of the new year, nine people between the ages of 73 and 84 were taken to hospitals in the metro Tokyo area after they choked on mochi, Japan Today and Nippon TV ...

Nine people were taken to hospitals in Tokyo after choking on mochi during the first three days of the new year. Two of them later died. According to the Tokyo Fire Department, the nine people were ...

An elderly woman died and five other people were in serious condition in the Tokyo area after choking on “mochi” sticky rice cakes between Jan. 1 and 3, the Tokyo Fire Department said.

Whatever you’re craving, we've found five cafés and sweet shops in Tokyo where you can enjoy mochi in its many variations, along with a cup of tea. Locals queue up at Kanmi Mitsuya in Asakusa ...

Two people died and 13 others were hospitalized in Tokyo on Monday after choking on mochi, glutinous rice cakes which are a popular food during the New Year holidays. According to the Tokyo Fire ...

Last New Year's, two people reportedly died in Tokyo after choking on mochi. In 2001, a woman saved her father's life when she used a vacuum cleaner to pull mochi from her father's throat.

TOKYO - Fifteen people aged between 55 and 90 ... of the choking hazard posed by the sticky rice cakes, also known as mochi. They recommend that the rice cakes be cut into small pieces before ...

TOKYO -- At least nine people have reportedly choked to death on New Year's rice cakes in Japan, and officials are urging people to chew slowly on the treats. Sticky rice cakes, or mochi ...

On Saturday, a 66-year-old woman on the outskirts of Tokyo fell victim to a deadly seasonal ... Sticky rice cakes, or mochi, as the Japanese call them, are made by pounding the life out of ...

The rice is first steamed and then pounded and mashed. Mochi-pounding at a shrine in Tokyo The resulting sticky rice mass is then formed into the final mochi shape and baked or boiled. Families ...

Brian Kito: There. That's mochi. Customer: Oh, this has been here forever, right? And it's the best. [laughs] Crystal: LA's Little Tokyo is the heart of the largest Japanese American population in ...

Mochi-pounding at a shrine in Tokyo The resulting sticky rice mass is then formed into the final mochi shape and baked or boiled. Families traditionally celebrate New Year by cooking a vegetable ...