New Year's Day is often celebrated with traditional, symbolic foods across the world. Find out what makes this Japanese soup ...

Americans want mo’ and mo' mochi donuts. Colorful and whimsical, the sweet, exotic treat is a fusion of Japanese and American pastry traditions. Mochi donuts are exploding in popularity here in the ...

Nursery school children in northern Japan have tried their hand at making sticky rice cakes, or mochi, which will be used as ...

For many Japanese families, mochi pounding is a New Year's tradition believed to bring good fortune and long life. In Kailua, ...

The National Police Agency and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency are urging elderly people to be careful when eating mochi rice cakes during the New Year holidays. The appeal is made every year ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — A craft bakery pop-up that specializes in Japanese-style doughnuts plans to open its first permanent Northeast Florida shop this summer near St. Johns Town Center. Dochi Japanese ...

SOMERVILLE — It was during the stormiest winter in 20 years that Erino Tezuka Wade made her first batch of mochi, the delicate, lightly sweetened Japanese confection based on sticky rice. She was a ...

A sticky New Year's tradition has reportedly claimed another life in Japan -- but if the elderly woman was the only casualty, it marks an improvement on previous years. Japan Today reports that a ...

Azuki & Lima Bean Filled Mochi From Shuei-Do Manju Shop, San Jose If you've ever had mochi (or manju), you'll know that you can't eat just one. Its contrast of light yet densely chewy texture and mild ...

A grim New Year's trend continued in Japan as four women choked to death on traditional rice cakes and 12 other people were hospitalized, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported. The women who died were ...

Mochi comes in a lot of different forms, but just about everyone agrees that one of the best is daifuku. These sweet dumplings aren’t just delicious, they’re versatile too, and as proof today we’re ...

Each mochi obanyaki is made fresh— in fact, you can watch the staff pipe the mochi filling into pancake moulds and scoop various fillings on them. As a result, the pancakes are served while they are ...