The Yamanashi Chuo Bank, Ltd. (TSE:8360) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 380,000 shares, representing 1.14% of the outstanding shares for ¥646 million. The purpose of the program is to implement a flexible capital policy in response to changes in the business environment and to improve shareholder returns. The program will run until March 22, 2019. As of December 31, 2018, the company had 33,400,895 shares outstanding and 1,582,105 shares in treasury.