Originally Posted by
ajGoes
It's quite likely this rice cooker will work fine on American 120V/60Hz power. The higher voltage is probably well within its heating element's tolerance, and the electronics may well run on a power supply that doesn't care about the voltage or frequency.
It's your call whether you're willing to take the chance of plugging it in to find out.
Heating elements generally don't have much tolerance. The problem is that the heat they produce goes up at the
square of voltage. Going from Japanese 100V power to American 120V power means the heating element produces 44% more heat. I found an image of the back panel that says 1,400W. Even if the heating element can take it a standard US outlet is only rated for 15A--this would draw 16.8A.