Japan's Nikkei share average closed 4% lower on Friday, erasing most of the gains from the previous session, as tech investor SoftBank Group tumbled more than 12% after a report of a delay in OpenAI's initial public offering.
The Nikkei fell 4.15% to close at 69,360.88. In the previous session, the benchmark index rose 4.6% to close at a record high.