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The National Police Agency and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency have launched campaigns warning people to be very careful when they are eating mochi over the holidays, with the Tokyo Fire ...

TOKYO (TR) – Many people will eat sticky mochi rice cakes during the New Year holidays. Whether in soup (ozoni) or grilled (yakimochi), a choking hazard exists due its sticky consistency. As a result, ...

1). According to the Tokyo Fire Department, a family member reported that the man, aged in his 70s, had choked on mochi at home just after noon. The man was taken to hospital, but later died. The ...

Pounding and eating mochi offers good luck, health, prosperity and happiness. Rev. Reiko Yano, right, of Konko Mission of Wahiawa, giggles with her daughter, Rev. Edna Matsuoka, third from right ...

The whole world shifted. And if the whole world is going to break rules, why not do it with what we eat and drink?” Rebellious consumers are pushing limits with unconventional choices ...

The National Police Agency and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency are urging elderly people to be careful when eating mochi rice cakes during the New Year holidays. The appeal is made every year ...

Family members said no matter where they move to or live now, they always come back around the new year to pound mochi and of course, eat the mochi as well.

From their bright colours I was expecting rich flavours accompanied by the chewy texture of the rice cake which I had grown accustomed to by eating mochi a few times. I think my Western taste buds ...