TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Friday, following falls on Wall Street due to disappointing revenue reports from US media firms as investors await a swathe of Japanese corporate earnings and a Bank of Japan decision.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 0.17 per cent, or 35.26 points, to 20,629.18 in the first minutes of trading.
More than 250 firms on the Topix index report earnings on Friday.
Investors are also awaiting a central bank monetary policy decision later in the day.
