Japan's shares fluctuate with Nikkei near one-week low

The Japanese shares swung between gains and losses earlier on Monday with the benchmark stock index Nikkei 225 falling towards the weakest level in a week after last week's favourable jobs data from the U.S. were overshadowed by a drop on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 stock average lost 1.6% to 14,817.33 following a drop to 14,808.81.