Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 231.41 points or 1.01 percent to 22,701.57 and Japan's Nikkei 225 Average was down 44.55 points or 0.28 percent to 15,617.44.
Asian equities were mostly lower on Friday ahead of US jobs data, with Hong Kong markets leading the declines as protests entered their eighth day. Trading volumes were also light with South Korean, Shanghai and Indian markets shut.
Wall Street shares barely moved overnight on caution ahead of September's nonfarm payrolls report. Consensus estimates are for the creation of 215,000 jobs against 142,000 in August. In a positive sign ahead of the report, jobless claims released on Thursday unexpectedly fell last week.
Meanwhile, the European Central Bank (ECB) left investors disappointed about its asset purchase program. The ECB left interest rates unchanged at its policy review and said it would begin purchases of asset-backed securities this quarter but failed to reveal the size of the program.
Sentiment was also hurt after China's official services Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) fell to an eight-month low in September.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 231.41 points or 1.01 percent to 22,701.57 and Japan's Nikkei 225 Average was down 44.55 points or 0.28 percent to 15,617.44.
Straits Times declined 7.51 points or 0.23 percent to 3,236.22 while Taiwan Weighted was up 114.43 points or 1.27 percent at 9,089.62.
(With inputs from cnbc.com)
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