Tokyo stocks rose on tech gains and companies with share buyback plans. Asian markets, including Japan's Nikkei, opened higher following Wall Street's surge on soft inflation data. Tokyo stocks continued to open higher on cooling US inflation data, driven by a tech rally amid US inflation optimism. Asian markets tracked Wall Street's records after US inflation data, while European stocks were set to react positively to the same data, following global markets higher. Tokyo stocks ended higher on tech buying amid hopes of a US rate cut.