Asia-Pacific markets were lower on Friday as Japan's core inflation for March came in at 3.1%, unchanged from February, data from the Statistics Bureau showed.Â
This is the second straight month that core inflation has come in lower than January's core inflation figure of 4.2%, the highest since 1981.
Mainland Chinese markets led losses in the region as the Shenzhen Component shed 2.28%, closing at 11,450.43 and the Shanghai Composite dropped 1.95% to finish at 3,301,26.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index markets slid 2.01% in its final hour of trade, while the Hang Seng Tech index tumbled 3.58%.
The Nikkei 225 fell 0.33% to end the day at 28,564.37, and the Topix dropped 0.23% to finish at 2,035.06. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 closed 0.43% lower at 7,330.40.
South Korea's Kospi fell 0.73% to close at 2,544.4, while the Kosdaq saw a larger loss at 1.91% and closed at 868.82.
Overnight in the U.S., all three major indexes fell as investors assessed a mixed bag of corporate earnings, including disappointing results from Tesla.
The Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.8%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.33%. The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 0.6%.
— CNBC's Samantha Subin and Alex Harring contributed to this report