Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare released its labour cash earnings data on Friday. Labour cash earnings in Japan rose 0.3% year-on-year in April, missing expectations for a 0.9% gain, after a 1.5% increase in March. March's figure was revised up from a 1.4% gain.

Contractual earnings rose 0.2% year-on-year in April, while special cash earnings gained 4.3%.

Total real wages climbed 0.6% in April, after a 1.6% rise in March.