Kyoshin Co., Ltd. (TSE:4735) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 500,000 shares, representing 5.96% of the outstanding shares for ¥500 million. The purpose of the program is to improve shareholder value per share and capital efficiency. The program will run until October 9, 2019. As of May 31, 2018, the company had 8,396,000 shares outstanding and 6,733 shares in treasury.