The student, who has not been named because she is considered a minor, says multiple applications of dye have damaged her hair and caused rashes on her scalp. Her mother told teachers before she started attending Kaifukan high school that her daughter had been born with naturally brown hair and so was not breaking a school rule requiring all students to have black hair. However, teachers instructe
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