AI-generated before and after images posted online raise fears about promoting risky procedures; warping youngsters ideas about beauty.

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.

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 ...

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 ...