A former student in Osaka, Japan, has won compensation from the prefectural government after being forced by teachers to dye her hair black when she was in high school.
The plaintiff — now 21 years old — has naturally brown hair, as per The Asahi Shimbunon Feb. 16. Her name was not disclosed to protect her identity.
On the same day, the Osaka District Court found the prefectural government responsible for the woman’s emotional distress and ordered it to pay her 330,000 yen (around $2,840 or P152,000) as compensation.
The former student enrolled in the Prefectural Kaifukan High School back in April 2015, according to the report.
While she initially used to dye her hair b…
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