Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic, Railway&Bus and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205), which rose 5.04% or 30.00 points to trade at 625.00 at the close. Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) added 3.14% or 525.00 points to end at 17,250.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 2.39% or 180.00 points to 7,700.00 in late trade.Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2254 to 1249 and 257 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.80% to 23.44.