Japan's stock market Nikkei Index fell 0.7 percent Friday, fell for the sixth straight week. U.S. companies such as Google announced the disappointing performance, Kyocera and other high-tech stocks fell.
Mitsubishi things such as trade stocks fell as oil prices fell for three days to over 15 U.S. dollars.
JP Morgan Chase reported better-than-expected earnings, incentives rose in early, but after taking gains for the United States announced after the close of Google, Microsoft and Merrill Lynch earnings than analysts have expected.
Later today there will be more earnings the United States, including Citigroup's performance in this long holiday weekend before the Lagao the market cautious atmosphere.
"Meiguzhongcuo will be a big risk, especially the Nasdaq, while the high-tech stocks higher degree of reliance on the Japanese stock market is particularly susceptible to the impact of the Nasdaq trend." Shinko Securities senior technical analyst Yutaka Miura said.
"The market has reflected the U.S. financial industry will announce results of the bleak subject matter, but no one expected that the performance of the IT industry does not look good. Tension between the strong market today."
Nikkei Index was down 84.25 points at 12803.70, down 1.8 percent the week.
The broader TOPIX index was down 0.9 percent to 1,252.43.
"Medium and long term, although U.S. authorities have always stressed that Fannie Mae will support the mortgage and the United States, but ineffective, people are worried." Mitsubishi UJF Securities analyst Seiichi Miura said.