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Japanese Student Forced to Dye Her Hair Black Wins, and Loses, in Court
In a split ruling, a court in Osaka ordered the school to pay some damages for emotional distress, but it said the rule that students’ hair must be black did not violate regulations.
The student’s case in Osaka, Japan, set off a national reckoning over invasive school rules and an outcry against regulations that left little room for individuality. Credit.Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times
Feb. 19, 2021
Like many schools in Japan, where most people are born with straight, black hair, the Kaifukan Senior High School in Osaka is fussy about students’ appearances. Perms and braided extensions are off limits, as are dyed and bleached hair.
Japanese student forced by school to dye her hair black wins, and loses, in court
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Girl wins suit against Osaka Prefecture over school telling her to dye hair black Feb. 18 04:00 pm JST Feb. 18 | 04:36 pm JST TOKYO
Ostensibly, school dress codes are supposed to be about eliminating distractions, and so it’s common for Japanese schools to prohibit students from dying their hair. However, problems can occur if schools rigidly assume that no one dying their hair will always result in everyone having the same hair color.
Though the vast majority of ethnically Japanese people, who make up the vast majority of students at schools in Japan, have naturally black hair, some Japanese people’s hair is instead a dark brown. This can lead to situations where a school tells a brown-haired student that they have to dye their hair black, often predicated by their not believing that the student’s natural hair color is brown, and that they’re trying to get away with dying it.