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| Mochi, a traditional New Year delicacy |
In Tokyo alone, 18 people were sent
to hospital due to suffocation after eating the New Year delicacy, and three of
them died. The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said the death toll from rice cake
accidents reached nine by Friday across the nation and 13 others were in a
serious condition.
During the New Year period, one of
Japan's biggest holidays, families traditionally cook "ozouni" soup
and put the sticky rice cakes in the vegetable broth. Authorities are advising
people especially the elderly and infants, to cut mochi into small pieces
before eating it. Every year, several Japanese die after choking on rice cakes.
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