Employee of Ezaki Glico works on a Pretz production line at the company's Kitamoto factory in Kitamoto...
An employee of Ezaki Glico works on a Pretz production line at the company's Kitamoto factory in Kitamoto, north of Tokyo October 16, 2014. For the first time in its 92-year history, Japanese snacks maker Ezaki Glico is getting serious about growing overseas, aiming to fatten its Pocky biscuit into a $1 billion brand to rival global giants such as Hershey's and Oreo. The company's Glico brand and its 48-year-old stick-shaped, chocolate-coated Pocky pretzels are household names in Japan but elsewhere the marque has stalled, capping the firm's overseas business at just a tenth of its $3 billion revenue. Picture taken October 16, 2014. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: FOOD BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)