Death By Eating Cake

Six choke to death on New Year rice cakes in Tokyo

Six people choked to death and five others were in a serious condition after eating traditional glutinous "mochi" rice cakes to celebrate the New Year in Tokyo, fire department officials said today.The victims, in their 70s or older, died of suffocation over the weekend after eating the New Year delicacy, the fire department said.During the New Yea...