SAPPORO – An elderly man choking on “mochi” rice cake was saved when his daughter sucked it out with a vacuum cleaner, local fire department officials said Saturday.
The incident occurred around 7:20 a.m. on Tuesday when the man, 70, was eating soup with mochi at a house in Noboribetsu, southwestern Hokkaido, the officials said.
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