One's hair color is determined during this process ... but also for our physical health." (Japanese original by Harumi Kimoto ...

A woman in Japan has won compensation after teachers repeatedly pressurised her to dye her hair black, causing her to drop out of school. The school did not believe her natural hair colour was ...

An 18-year-old Japanese girl is suing her local government after her school made her repeatedly dye her naturally-brown hair black, media reports say. The girl says she was told she would have to ...

The issue of school regulations covering hair color is one that has come before the courts and stirred international interest in the rigid system that governs Japanese schools to encourage conformity.