Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. has diverted some of its 2025 investment outlay to domestic notes from foreign bonds as Japan’s interest rates rise to attractive levels.

The investment was the first tranche of Robocore’s Series D round, under which Foxconn will inject up to $30 million through 2027.

Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday after a mixed finish on Wall Street, where shares in Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks pared their earlier steep losses.