Two elderly men in Japan choked to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year’s tradition that authorities have issued ...

A favorite seasonal food has once again turned deadly in Japan. Traditional mochi rice cakes are eaten around New Year's, and ...

Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their ...

Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their throat.

"Picky to Pocky no Haiku Ehon: Oshogatsu no Maki," written by Kozaburo Arashiyama and illustrated by Mizumaru Anzai ...

Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Thursday, with several markets remaining closed for Boxing Day. Japan's Nikkei 225 rose ...

in Japan Christmas cuisine has a decidedly different flavour. It's customary for Japanese families to serve up Kentucky Fried Chicken to mark Christmas Day - a tradition that's been obvserved for ...

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The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a Partnership between the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank conceived in the wake of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s. It was ...

TOKYO -- Shares in Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings closed up 16.9% at 1,689 yen in its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, after opening 0.3% below its IPO price. Kioxia pioneered ...

Japan ranked 29th for labor productivity among the 38 member countries of the OECD, according a survey by the Japan Productivity Center released Monday. Japan's per-hour productivity in 2023 came ...

Brooks / AFP Tokyo government staff will have the choice of adjusting their hours to free up one day a week where they don’t have to work. It comes as the number of babies born in Japan last ...