They may seem harmless, but each year the hard-to-eat snack claims several lives, prompting annual warnings from officials. The cakes, known as mochi, are cute round buns made of soft and chewy rice.
They were among 16 mochi-eaters who were rushed to hospitals ... In Ota Ward, an 82-year-old man choked while eating rice cake soup at his home around 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 2. His family managed ...
4. The woman who died was in her 90s. She choked on mochi when she was eating a bowl of “shiruko,” a sweet soup made with beans, around 4 p.m. on Jan. 3 at her home in Shibuya Ward.
Last November, I urged Americans to bake cakes and bring them to the polls, or share with co-workers, or just eat them with family and friends. Project Election Cake was a way to remind ourselves ...