Japan Self-Defense Forces Twitter account issues apology for cute emoticon salute

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Casey BaseelThe cuteness is OK, but something else isn’t. Though Japan is always on the forefront of emoji developments (it’s where the word “emoji” originated, after all), it’s also got a deep emoticon culture as well. That’s partially thanks to the wide array of building blocks the Japanese written language provides, which allow for all sorts […]