Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. (江崎グリコ株式会社, Ezaki Guriko Kabushiki-gaisha^?) (TYO: 2206 ) is a Japanese confectionery company headquartered in Osaka. The company manufactures the traditional Glico Caramel candy, as well as Pocky, Mikado, and many others. The company name, Glico, is derived from a shortening of the word glycogen. The first candy produced by the company was known as Glico-Caramel. The Glico 300 meter running man trademark is also derived from the original caramel candy: the candy is 15.4kcal, which is enough energy to run exactly 300 meters. (Calculated from the formula that for a person 165 centimeters in height, weighing 55 kilograms, an 160 meter run over the period of one minute will burn 8.21 calories. Over the period of 1.88 minutes they should be able to run 300 meters and burn 15.4kcal). The Tokyo Stock Exchange (東京証券取引所 Tōkyō Shōken Torihikijo, abbreviated TSE) is the worlds second-largest stock exchange market. ... A selection of confectioneries The term confectionery refers to food items that are (at least perceptibly) rich in sugar. ... Osaka Castle Location in Japan Osaka (Japanese: 大阪市, ÅŒsaka-shi, â–¶ (help· info)) is the capital of Osaka Prefecture and the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2. ... A piece of caramel confectionery. ... Pocky (Japanese: ポッキー, pokkii) is a snack food produced by the Ezaki Glico Company of Japan. ... Mikado is: (jap. ... Electron micrograph of a section of a liver cell showing glycogen deposits as accumulations of electron dense particles (arrows). ... A trademark or trade mark[1] is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services to consumers, and to distinguish the business and its products or services from those of other businesses. ... A calorie is a unit of measurement for energy. ...

The company's large neon sign located above Dotonbori in Osaka has been a famous landmark of the city since it's initial construction in 1919. It bears the Glico running man on a blue race track as well as some of Osaka's other famous landmarks in the background. The giant neon sign has been revised on several occasions in order to celebrate events such as the World Cup and to bolster team spirit for Osaka's baseball team, the Hanshin Tigers. As the sign is quite well known, it has long been a popular photo stop for tourists as well as locals. Dotonbori typifies the flamboyance of Osaka. ... 1990 copy of the World Cup Trophy awarded to West Germany. ... The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: ) are a popular Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, which are in the Central League. ...

See also

• Glico Morinaga case

The Glico-Morinaga case, also known by its official designation Metropolitan Designated Case 114, was a famous extortion case in Japan, primarily directed at the Japanese industrial confectionaries Ezaki Glico and Morinaga, and currently remains unsolved. ...

External links

• Company website - Japanese version
• Company website - English version