Nikkei logs weekly drop as PM Ishiba rattles markets
Yen slides but stocks nurse weekly drop
Steady trade on Friday after Thursday's bounce
Shippers slump on quick end to US port strike
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SYDNEY, Oct 4 (Reuters) -Japanese stocks posted their steepest weekly fall in a month on Friday, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's seemingly shifting stance on interest rates roiled the yen and unsettled investors, while shipping shares dropped after a U.S. dock strike ended.
Though the Nikkei .N225 rose 0.2% to close at 38,635.62 for the day, it ended 3% lower for the week.
The broader Topix .TOPX was up 0.4% to 2,694 and down 1.7% this week.
Ishiba, an erstwhile critic of the Bank of Japan's aggressive monetary policy easing, won the backing of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a leadership vote last week and set off a surge in the yen JPY=EBS.
That has reversed since he struck a dovish tone this week, saying Japan is not in an environment for additional rate hikes, and on Friday he called for a stimulus package to cushion rising living costs.
However, the losses in stocks, which tend to move in the opposite direction to the currency, have not fully recovered.
Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing 9983.T rose 1.5% and contributed most to the Nikkei's modest gain on Friday. Sanyo Shokai 8011.T jumped 10.5% after the clothier announced a buyback.
Oil and coal .IPETE.T, rising with oil prices on concerns over a widening war in the Middle East, and financials .IBNKS.T were among other gainers.
Shipping companies led losses, falling after a faster-than-expected resolution to a U.S. dock workers strike.
Kawasaki Kisen 9107.T slid 9.7%, Nippon Yusen 9101.T - which hit a record high on Thursday - dropped 9.4% and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines 9104.T fell 6.4% in its heaviest trading day in 18 months.
"The early end of the ILA dockworkers' strike is negative for the container shipping markets as the downward pressure on freight rates will resume," Linerlytica container shipping analyst Hua Joo Tan said.
Reporting by Tom Westbrook; Editing by Savio D'Souza and Rashmi Aich
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