World Japan: Court rules against school that forced teen to dye hair black

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OSAKA--A former Osaka high school student has won her lawsuit against the prefectural government for forcing her to dye her hair black because it didn't conform with school regulations.

The Osaka District Court on Feb. 16 ruled against the prefectural government, finding that it was responsible for the former student's emotional distress. It ordered the prefecture to pay her 330,000 yen ($2,840).

The plaintiff, now 21, had entered a prefectural high school in April 2015.

According to the lawsuit, the school regulations prohibited students from “getting their hair permed, colored, bleached or braided with extensions.”

The female student’s natural hair color is brown. But the school repeatedly told her to dye her hair to make it look blacker based on the regulations.

She was sometimes banned from attending classes and a school trip because “her hair was not dyed black enough,” the lawsuit said.

Eventually the student, suffering from emotional trauma, stopped attending the school.

The student sued the prefectural government in October 2017, seeking about 2.2 million yen in compensation.

One of the main arguments in the trial was whether the school regulations have a legal basis.

The plaintiff said that a hairstyle choice is up to the preference of individuals and that the school regulations violate the right to self-determination guaranteed in the Constitution.

 
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