Japan's New Year tradition comes with a government DEATH WARNING #Shorts

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]Japan's New Year tradition [music] comes with a government death warning.

[00:00:04]Japan has a New Year tradition [music] that kills people every year.

[00:00:09]Bro, what New Year tradition kills people?

[00:00:12]Elaborate [music] immediately.

[00:00:15]It's food.

[00:00:16]Sticky rice cake.

[00:00:18]People actually [music] choke and die.

[00:00:21]Wait, you mean mochi?

[00:00:23]The cute little dessert thing?

[00:00:25]>> [music] >> Tokyo Fire Department literally posts mochi warnings every January [music] 1st.

[00:00:32]What the actual? I have eaten so much mochi.

[00:00:36]Okay, [music] but how many deaths are we actually talking here?

[00:00:40]Around [music] nine people die in Tokyo alone.

[00:00:43]Every single year.

[00:00:48]The mochi [music] death count is a real tracked stat in Japan.

[00:00:51]Grandmas still make it.

[00:00:54]Grandpas still [music] choke.

[00:00:56]Cycle continues.

[00:00:59]So, Japan invented a food that requires survival skills to [music] eat.

[00:01:03]Natural selection, but make it festive.

[00:01:05]I'm literally deceased.

[00:01:08]Mochi, delicious, traditional, [music] certified kill count.

[00:01:13]Five stars.