Yamazen Corporation (TSE:8051) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 1,500,000 shares, representing 1.6% of the outstanding shares for ¥1,700 million. The purpose of the program is to implement a flexible capital policy. The program will run until March 9, 2018. As of March 9, 2017, the company had 93,795,797 shares outstanding and 44,513 shares in treasury.