“We might be happier if we had been born in a time when readily accessible plastic surgery was not ... are increasingly having cosmetic surgery in Japan. Teens are wanting to have double eyelids ...

The plastic pilgrimage has become so common that Mr Makhlouf, who is 29, says he no longer knows “anyone who hasn’t gotten ...

Japan's first surgical robot was developed two ... thereby changing the future of surgery. Robot assisted surgery allows doctors to perform complex procedures with greater precision, and it's ...

Outpatient surgery in Japan doesn’t have to be anxiety-inducing; knowing what to expect can help. Most of us living in Japan have a good understanding of our health, thanks to annual check-ups.

This report provides statistical information about the plastic industry in Japan. It presents key figures on the production of plastic materials, and plastic products, the consumption of plastic ...

Japan, the only Group of Seven nation that does not legally recognize same-sex unions, also forces anyone wanting to officially change their gender to have surgery to remove the sexual organs they ...

A high court in Japan has passed a judgment allowing a legal gender change for a transgender woman without needing compulsory gender-affirming surgery. LGBTQ groups have called the step a mixed ...

On July 1, Japan joined a growing list of countries to implement a mandatory plastic bag surcharge. It's part of a national effort to reduce plastic waste in a country that the U.N. says has the ...

Past efforts have centred on pyrolysis, a process of applying intense heat in reactors to break down plastic molecules. In the early 2000s, a series of Japanese firms began building plastic-to-oil ...