* Nikkei 225 Stock Average: -215.76(-1.2%) to 17,481.21
* Nikkei 225 futures Osaka: -210 (-1.2%) to 17,450
* TOPIX 1st Section: -22.57 (-1.3%) to 1,715.54; Advancers 241 x decliners 1,413 (unchanged 77)
** 134 new lows were made Friday versus just 17 new highs
* JASDAQ: +0.91 (+1.15%) to 80.28

Japan April CPI -0.1%, in-line w/ expectations, improvement over March’s -0.3%. Near-term weakness forecast; price recovery possible in Q4 with BoJ follow-on hike. (See Reuters’ coverage of Japan’s April CPI.)

U.S. market closed Monday