TOKYO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell 1.5 percent on Friday after a weak reading on the U.S. job market pushed down shares on Wall Street.
The benchmark Nikkei dropped 145.96 points to 9,420.36.
The broader Topix index declined 1.3 percent to 835.88. (Reporting by Masayuki Kitano; Editing by Joseph Radford)