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Two men in Tokyo, Japan died after choking on mochi around New Years, and now officials are warning others to take care when ...

The Tokyo metropolitan government will subsidize the cost of “painless delivery,” the use of an epidural or other anesthetics ...

There have been tensions in the Pacific region recently, with Russia allegedly providing North Korea with military equipment ...

Indonesia's government said it agreed with Japan on Tuesday to resume talks on the joint development of naval vessels that ...

The 608-pound bluefin tuna fetched the second-highest price ever paid at the annual new year auction at Tokyo’s main fish ...

It is the second highest price paid at the opening auction of the year in Tokyo's main fish market since comparable data started being collected in 1999.

A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious ...

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 bluefin tuna sold for $1.3 million at an auction in Tokyo on Sunday morning, making it one of the most expensive tuna to be ...

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.

Nippon Steel Chief Executive Eiji Hashimoto says the top Japanese steelmaker is standing firm on its proposed $15 billion ...