Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, rose 33.47 points, or 0.10 percent, from Thursday to 32,192.75.
The broader Topix index finished 6.28 points, or 0.28 percent, higher at 2,274.63.
On the Prime Market, issues that rose outpaced those that fell by 1,044 to 707, while 84 ended the day unchanged.
Gainers were led by stocks in marine transportation, aquaculture, forestry and farming, and insurance sectors, while the fiber products, other manufactured goods, and rubber products sectors led the losses.
The turnover on the last trading day of the week came to 3.72 trillion yen (26.07 billion U.S. dollars).
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