Advantest was the Nikkei's top performer, up 8.22%, followed by Tokyo Electron's 7.13% advance, after U.S. peer Nvidia NVDA.O forecast better-than-expected quarterly sales. By Kevin Buckland TOKYO, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average posted its biggest jump in a month on Friday, rebounding from a one-month low hit in the previous session, as chip-related stocks surged and the incoming Bank of Japan governor backed the current easy policy. Earlier in the day, data showed Japan's consumer inflation hit a 41-year high in January.