In Tokyo on Friday the Nikkei 225 dropped 1.71 percent to 16,814.37 and the Topix index fell 1.64 percent to 1,591.28.
On the other hand, the Mothers market added 2.06 percent on the session to 902.03.
Banks were lower after Thursday’s report from US bank Bank of America (NYSE: BAC; TYO: 8648) that its profits had dropped by 32 percent in the third quarter.
Mitsubishi UFJ (TYO: 8306; NYSE: MTU) was down 1.3 percent to ¥1,027 while Mizuho (TYO: 8411; NYSE: MFG) was 2.2 percent lower to ¥616,000.
The consumer finance sector, however, saw gains after Acom (TYO: 8572) issued a preliminary report that its operating profit was up by 63 percent in its fiscal first half.
Acom jumped 18 percent to ¥2,640, while Takefuji (TYO: 8564) gained 17 percent to ¥2,700 and Aiful (TYO: 8515) added 15 percent to ¥2,270.
Exporters saw declines as the yen strengthened against the US dollar.
Toyota Motor (TYO: 7203.T; NYSE: TM; LSE: TYT) was 1.6 percent lower to ¥6,250.
Among domestically-focused shares, cement manufacturers were lower on downgrades from Mizuho.
Taiheiyo Cement dropped 3.5 percent to ¥356, while Sumitomo Osaka Cement fell 5.5 percent to ¥260.