You officially become an adult at the age of 20 in Japan, but you don't really start feeling it until your mid-20s. That's when the pressures of work and marriage start kicking in, making it as good a time as any to re-evaluate.
The 26th Rainbow Reel Tokyo film festival went through similar introspection after it turned 25, and concluded a name change was in order. Gone is the Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival moniker, now it's Rainbow Reel Tokyo.
"We think the festival had come to a point where the emphasis could shift from sexuality to diversity," Rainbow Reel spokesperson Yasushi Higuchi tells The Japan Times. "We're hoping that more people will come this year because it looks like a lot of fun, or they know someone who's LGBTQ and they might be curious. That's because being LGBTQ is not about being different or unable to relate to society. In fact, there are more similarities than differences."