Emoji date back to 1999 when they first appeared on Japanese cell phones. But it’s history goes further than that, because ...

whereas an emoji (a combination of the Japanese ‘e’ for ‘picture’ and ‘moji’ for ‘character’) is small image that represents something. The first emojis were created by Shigetaka ...

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?