TOKYO -- Driverless cars have emerged as a hot topic in the Japanese stock market, with investors making a play for companies developing technology in this field.
Toyota Motor advanced 4% on Monday while Honda Motor rose 3.7%. The gains in auto stocks would not have been this robust had investors been reacting only to a weaker yen, the product of renewed expectations of a U.S. interest rate hike, said a trader at a domestic brokerage.
