This product manufactured from which country?

Where do you think? In English and French, label says, "Made in China."

Does it come with a plastic lid that snaps onto the cooking vessel, turning it into a storage container for leftover cooked rice?

No it does not. The teflon cooking vessel is not suitable for storage and using it for storge whould esentially remove the cooker from use. If I have left over rice, I store in a plastic container which works well and I have cooked as little as 1/3 cup of rice without issue. Hence no leftovers.

I just bought this and I find the direction book very confusing. Is it 1 cup of water per cup of white rice...?

If you're cooking one rice cooker cup of rice (which is 1 gou, or about 180ml... about 3/4 cup in standard cooking measure), then you add the rice to the cooker's pot and then fill the pot with water until the water line reaches the first marking (the line below the "2" marking) on the white rice scale that's on the side of the cooker's pot. You don't need to pre-measure the water, just add rice and fill to the appropriate marking on the side of the pot.

Does it have steam release vent on the lid ?

I don't use it yet, But I know most of the rice cook they have steam release, and some still stay on the lip. If you want the rice still good for next day, after you cook and serve. unplus and keep it open unstill cold, and then close.But not tie.

Material Type	Plastic
Product Care Instructions	Hand Wash
Color	White
Item Dimensions D x W x H	0.1"D x 0.1"W x 0.1"H
Item Weight	7.5 Pounds
Capacity	10 Cups
Wattage	750 watts
Voltage	120 Volts
Special Features	Non Stick, Automatic Shut Off
Power Source	Corded Electric

Panasonic 10 Cup (Uncooked) Rice Cooker with Fuzzy Logic and One-Touch Cooking for Brown Rice, White Rice, and Porridge or Soup – 1.8 Liter – SR-DF181 (White)

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