Fifteen people were rushed to hospitals in the capital after choking on sticky mochi rice cakes on New Year’s Day, with two of the victims later being confirmed dead, reports the Asahi Shimbun
Fifteen people were rushed to hospitals in the capital after choking on sticky mochi rice cakes on New Year’s Day, with two of the victims later being confirmed dead, reports the Asahi Shimbun
According to the Tokyo Fire Department, emergency services transported a man in his 50s to a hospital in a state of cardiac arrest after he choked on such a cake in Ota Ward at around 2:30 p.m. He was later confirmed dead. In Edogawa Ward, a man in his 80s also died after choking on a cake.
