Number of Japanese heading to South Korea as medical tourists rises in 2025

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The number of Japanese medical tourists to South Korea in 2025 stood at about 600,000, or up 36.0% from the previous year.

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A plastic surgery clinic advertisement displayed in a subway station in Seoul. Of the total number of medical tourists to South Korea in 2025,the largest share (62.9%) went for dermatological treatment and 11.2% for orthopedic treatment. | AFP-JIJI

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