YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Nearly three dozen patients were treated through a program that brought a plastic surgeon to this airlift hub in western Tokyo for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Believing she was ugly and looked like her father who abandoned them to a life of crippling debt, Hirase spent around 24 million yen ($170,000) to “finally be beautiful,” becoming completely ...

Riisa Naka and Mayu Matsuoka will star as rival surgeons in Netflix‘s upcoming Japanese drama series “Plastic Beauty,” which takes viewers inside Japan’s cosmetic surgery industry. The 2026 series ...

Netflix Japan has greenlit Plastic Beauty, a new drama set in the world of cosmetic surgery, for 2026. At the center of Plastic Beauty is Fumi Numata (Mayu Matsuoka), a gifted surgeon whose passion ...