A man in his 70s choked on mochi at his home in Itabashi, just outside Tokyo, on New Year's Day, and was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, local TV reported. Another man in ...

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

Two elderly men in Japan died after choking to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year’s tradition that authorities have issued warnings about annually.