For the Lunar New Year, the Japanese celebrate with kagami mochi (or mirror rice cake) and Koreans enjoy tteokguk, or rice ...

Despite an annual warning from authorities, a deadly New Year's trend continued in Japan this week as two people died after choking on mochi — a doughy cake made from steamed sweet rice that is ...

Two people in Japan have died and seven others had to be taken to hospitals after choking on mochi, a sweet rice cake that can prove ... − including matcha, chocolate, mango and strawberry ...