as I believed they were easy to use especially under the Japanese language framework. Q: What is your take on the permanent emoji collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City?

Tokyo: From a humble smiley face with a box mouth and inverted “V’s” for eyes, weather symbols and a rudimentary heart, emoji have now exploded into the world’s fastest-growing language.

Wired says Japanese artist Shigetaka Kurita created the first emoji in 1999. Nowadays, his set of 176 characters is a part of New York’s Museum of Modern Art. READ: How to view your PC’s ...

An emoticon is a blend of ‘emotion’ and ‘icon’, made up of characters from a keyboard, whereas an emoji (a combination of the Japanese ‘e’ for ‘picture’ and ‘moji’ for ...