Keen emoji fans might have already spotted that the Tokyo tower emoji seems like a clear violation of these rules. Unicode is aware of this inconsistency but says: 'Many historical emoji violate ...

This emoji symbolizes Tokyo Tower, a landmark in the captial since 1958. Its design was inspired by the Eiffel Tower, which is why the emoji is often mistaken for the more famous Paris landmark.

and Tokyo Tower (🗼). In some cases, specific emoji exist in both Japanese and Western-style versions. Thus, there are both a Japanese castle (🏯) and a post office (🏣) displaying the ...

Keen emoji fans might have already spotted that the Tokyo tower emoji seems like a clear violation of these rules. Unicode is aware of this inconsistency but says: 'Many historical emoji violate ...