A district court ruled Wednesday in favor of two subway drivers who had sought compensation from the Osaka municipal government, claiming they received poor performance reviews for refusing to comply with internal regulations banning beards.The Osaka District Court ordered the city to pay the men a total of 440,000 yen ($4,000), saying that setting a blanket ban on beards goes beyond the scope of service disciplines because wearing beards is a matter of "individual freedom."The men had filed the suit in 2016, seeking 4.4 million yen and a recognition from the local government that workers w…READ FULL ARTICLE
