Tokyo stocks advanced Thursday morning, as the market was lifted by strong technology shares following a record-high finish for the tech-heavy Nasdaq index in New York. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 351.58 points, or 0.91 percent, from Wednesday to 38,841.75. The broader Topix index was up 16.71 points, or 0.61 percent, at 2,764.93. The U.S. dollar fell to the mid-155 yen range in the morning amid prospects of a narrowing of the U.S.-Japanese interest rate differential after weaker-than-expected U.S. private payrolls data on Wednesday increased expectations of Federal Reserve rate cu…