TOKYO – The tiny smiley faces, hearts, knife-and-fork or clenched fist have become a global language for mobile phone messages. They are displayed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. They star in ...

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TOKYO — The tiny smiley faces, hearts, knife-and-fork or clenched fist have become a global language for mobile-phone messages. They are displayed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. They star in ...

TOKYO (AP) — The tiny smiley faces, hearts, knife-and-fork or clenched fist have become a global language for mobile phone messages. They are displayed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. They ...

What with being the country that came up with the word “emoji” and all (which, by the way, has nothing to do with “emotion”), it’s no surprise that Japan remains among the most enthusiastic users of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

To have emoji of your country’s symbols is to have a place on the world stage – but will the already sprawling catalogue ever be fully inclusive? Is there an emoji that represents your country? Say ...

Emoji — the pictogram prodigy of text-based emoticons — can be found everywhere. In less than two decades, the ideograms of modern times have become internet shorthand for emotion: They encapsulate ...

Jam City, the company behind Disney Frozen Adventures and Cookie Jam, has launched its popular match-3 game Disney Emoji Blitz in Japan, the second-largest mobile game market. Over the past year, Jam ...

To have emoji of your country’s symbols is to have a place on the world stage – but will the already sprawling catalogue ever be fully inclusive? Say you’re British – or you’re not, but maybe ...