Japan government adviser pressured Harvard with talk of probe before Toshiba vote - sources

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Toshiba is seen as a shareholder arrives at Toshiba's extraordinary shareholders meeting in Chiba, Japan, March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese government adviser told the Harvard University endowment fund that its vote at Toshiba Corp's annual shareholders meeting could be subject to a regulatory probe should it vote against the firm's management, four sources said.

As a result, the U.S. university abstained from voting, three of the sources said. It later learnt there was no basis for any probe, two of them said.