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Japan School Hairstyle Row: A Japanese school has received flak after it separated a mixed-race teenager from his classmates for braiding his hair into cornrows at his graduation ceremony in February. The country has often come under fire over its strict school regulations
To say the Asian country has the strictest school rules in the world is no exaggeration. School pupils are only permitted straight, black hair. Those whose hair doesn’t adhere to the rules, must submit proof that it is natural and not deliberately dyed or curled.