Nine people have choked to death eating mochi rice cakes over the New Year period in Japan, despite warnings to chew slowly on this favorite treat. At least 128 people were taken to hospital ...

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Emily Anderson, a curator at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, California, told "CBS Sunday Morning" last month that eating mochi is a huge tradition on New Year's Day ...

On Jan. 1, a man in his 80s went into cardiac arrest after choking on mochi while eating a bowl of “zoni,” a traditional New Year soup, at his home in Hino. A man in his 70s was rushed to a ...

Production of hana-mochi traditional New Year’s decorations is now in full swing in the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture. In the old days, when fresh flowers for the festive season were hard to ...