TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 0.3 percent on Friday, hurt by a slide on Wall Street.
The benchmark NIKKEI (NIKKEI225.)<.N225> shed 27.01 points to 8,640.22, after dipping 0.6 percent the previous day.
The broader Topix <.TOPX> was flat at 838.06.
(Reporting by Aiko Hayashi)
