Face with Tears of Joy emoji - Wikipedia
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OverviewDevelopment historyCultural impact of emojiReceptionSee alsoExternal linksIn general terms, emoji development dates back to the late 1990s in Japan. Two competing companies, NTT DoCoMo and Softbank, created the first two emoji sets. Softbank's J-Phone launched in 1997, but due to the limited adoption of the product, it was not popular. The first popular set was designed by NTT DoCoMo employee Shigetaka Kurita in 1999, after he sketched illustrations to be used in text messages. Kurita's set contained colored images, but none of the …
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