Alongside the occasional meme, Twitter link, or article we need to check out, the Japanese emoticon is a common occurrence in our group thread. I’ve always wondered whether my fellow teammates learned ...

Japanese emoticons are called ‘kaomojis’ from ‘kao’ (meaning ‘face’) + moji. Kaomojis use the kanji keyboard and have a larger range of expression in the eyes than the western emoticon ...

All emoticons are based solely on keyboard characters, as in :-) and the more snarky ;-). In 1999, Shigetaka Kurita, a Japanese artist, coined “emoji,” a Japanese portmanteau melding “e” (picture) and ...

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?