Kakiyasu Honten Co., Ltd. (JASDAQ:2294) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 240,000 shares, representing 2.24% of the outstanding shares for ¥528 million. The purpose of the program is to implement a flexible capital policy in response to changes in the business environment. The program will run until November 30, 2017. As of October 31, 2017, the company had 10,706,073 shares outstanding and 1,710,627 shares in treasury.