Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Friday, breaking ranks with Wall Street as investors also assessed a slate of economic data in the region.

Japan's Nikkei 225 slid 0.41%, while the Topix lost 0.39% after core consumer prices in Tokyo rose at a slower pace in August . The Tokyo core CPI, which strips out fresh food but includes energy, climbed 2.5% from a year earlier, matching Reuters' economists' forecasts, and easing from July's 2.9% increase. The figure, however, remained above the Bank of Japan's 2% target.

Japan's unemployment rate also eased to 2.3% in July, down from 2.5% the previous month.

South Korea's Kospi lost 0.22% while the Kosdaq Index slipped 0.27% after South Korea's ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee was reportedly indicted over corruption and bribery charge

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