Student sues over ‘order to dye her hair black’

A Japanese teenager is suing the local government of Osaka over claims that teachers forced her to dye her naturally brown hair black, an official said yesterday.

The 18-year-old student dyed her hair several times to comply with school rules that ban hair colouring, but teachers said it was not enough and banned her from class, the Asahi newspaper reported. The girl has not attended school since September 2016 and claims that she suffered damage to her scalp from the dyeing process, local media reported.