The veteran communications executive is back at the automaker after her shocking 2015 arrest in Japan on suspicion of drug possession, resignation and release 20 days later without being charged.

Toyota President Akio Toyoda and other executives will not attend the opening ceremony.

Keller, among the first women to cover the auto industry for Wall Street, was the rare analyst to get out of New York regularly and visit dealerships, suppliers and factories to glean a first hand look at key operations.