Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Friday as heavyweight tech stocks tracked a decline in U.S. peers overnight.
The tech-heavy Nikkei 
NI225 slid 1.3% to 50,209.13.
The broader Topix 
TOPIX lost 0.5% to 3,298.34.
Startup investor SoftBank Group 
9984 dropped 7.5%, while chip-testing equipment maker Advantest 
6857 slumped 6.1%, making them the top two decliners on the Nikkei in index-point terms.