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GomiGirl wrote:This is something that I haven't seen reported yet this year.. anyone help me out???
Pencilslave wrote: Forgive my ignorance, but I'm not sure what Mochi is. I believe it's a sweetened rice cake correct?
Mulboyne wrote:AP via Yahoo: Three Japanese die, 22 hospitalized after choking on New Year's rice cakes
Three Japanese died and 22 others were hospitalized in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures (states) after gagging on sticky rice cakes traditionally eaten during the New Year's holidays, officials said Monday. Kihei Kurosawa, 80, choked to death on a "mochi" rice cake Sunday morning at his home in Saitama prefecture (state) north of Tokyo, said Honjo city fire department official Hidenobu Hayashi.
Two other men in their 70s from Tokyo and neighboring Chiba prefecture (state) also died over the weekend after choking on the traditional New Year's dish, according to Chiba police and Tokyo fire officials. Twenty-two Tokyo and Chiba residents were also taken to hospital during the holidays to dislodge masses of the sticky rice from their throats.
Four people died after choking on sticky mochi rice cakes on New Year's Day and the following day in the Kanto region, fire department officials said.
A 79-year-old man living in Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, choked on mochi at around 5:40 p.m. on Saturday while dining with his family, according to the Tokyo Fire Department. He was rushed to hospital where he died.
By Sunday night, 25 others -- 20 men and five women -- were transported to hospital by ambulance after choking on rice cake, fire department officials said. Of them, 13 men and two women fell into critical condition.
Captain Japan wrote:
The Mainichi has upped the total to 4...
New Year's rice cakes kill 4, leave 15 in critical condition...
Mulboyne wrote:Mainichi: 4 Kanto residents choke to death on sticky rice cakes
Four elderly people died in the Kanto region around Tokyo after choking on sticky mochi rice cakes during the New Year's period, police said. At around 8 a.m., Monday, a 92-year-old woman choked on mochi at her home in Hikari, Chiba Prefecture, and was rushed to hospital where she died shortly afterwards. An 81-year-old man of Kodaira, Tokyo, a 75-year-old man from Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, and a 74-year-old man living in the Chiba Prefecture city of Funabashi also died after choking on mochi
An 80-year-old man died after choking on a sticky mochi rice cake at his home here Monday morning, police said. At about 9 a.m. the pensioner began to choke on the mochi at his home in Chikusei, and his family asked for an ambulance, according to local police. He was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The man, who lived with his wife and other family members, was eating mochi by himself, investigators said. Japanese people have traditionally eaten mochi on happy occasions, such as New Year's Day.
Charles wrote:I want little teeny mochi pounded by little teeny robots. Anyone ought to be able to swallow them.
At least three Japanese died and 15 were hospitalized after choking on sticky rice cakes traditionally eaten during the New Year's holidays, police and fire department officials said Tuesday . . .more
kurohinge1 wrote:Mochi has a long way to go to catch the Fugu.
kurohinge1 wrote:The Mochi-Tally for '06/07 appears to be 3 "kills" and 15 "near misses".
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Japan Today, 24 October 2008 wrote:
The choking death last week of a schoolboy in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, has spotlighted a little-known fact in Japan: More than 4,000 people choke to death on food every year.
. . . According to data compiled by the health ministry, 4,407 people died by choking in 2006. By age, about 85 percent were over 65.
. . . By type of food, "mochi" pounded rice was the top culprit, followed by rice, bread and "okayu" rice porridge. . . more
omae mona wrote:caretakers dumped too much of it down their throats and walked away before checking that they swallowed.
omae mona wrote:How the hell do you choke to death on okayu? It's porridge, for heaven's sake.
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Iraira wrote:Sankei reports that bread is more dangerous than mochi.
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