Japanese officials say this is a common occurrence with elderly people during the holiday season ...

Aldi carries many copycat items that are often better than their name-brand counterparts, including these tiny-but-mighty ...

In a small shop nestled in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood, a small but popular Japanese confectionary shop called Fugetsu-Do is turning 120 years old. Though this is a remarkable achievement — ...

Made by pounding cooked glutinous short-grained mochi rice, mochi is a sticky Japanese food eaten as a sweet or savory treat. Mochi is to Japanese people what latkes are for Jewish people, or black ...

Mochi brownies are a textural treat. Made with two different kinds of chocolate, they’re intensely rich and decadent, too.

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 difficult to swallow if not thoroughly chewed. In just the first ...

Fatal New Year's Trend Continues as Woman Chokes to Death on Mochi in Japan ...

In a small shop nestled in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood, a small but popular Japanese confectionary shop called Fugetsu-Do is turning 120 years old. Though this is a remarkable achievement — ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A free mochi-tuski rice cake-pounding event will be held at the Kingston Pop-Up Shop & Cafe at 10 Cedar St. on Saturday, Dec. 28, from 2-4 p.m. The organizers said the mochi will be ...

Officials urge cutting the mochi into smaller pieces, chewing slowly and close supervision to prevent suffocation A cherished New Year’s tradition turned deadly in Japan’s capital as a Tokyo Fire ...