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We've been using this Zojirushi rice cooker almost everyday since 2004 (~9 years!). After about 5 years, the battery died. It still worked great as a rice cooker, but the clock/timer no longer worked correctly. Since we didn't use the timer that much anyway, we just left it like that. A few days ago I decided to take a peek and see how hard would it be to replace the battery on my own. I flipped the rice cooker upside down, removed the 4 screws and pulled the bottom part off... The battery, a CR2354, was soldered directly on the main circuit board and is beneath the LCD panel. I found a few sources for it via Google, but since I already had the more common CR2032 battery & holder, and it was the same voltage and roughly the same size as the CR2354, I decided to give it a try. I de-soldered the old one, soldered the new battery holder, popped in the new battery, and it worked. :) Pictures uploaded. The original CR2354 is around 500mah, while the replacement CR2032 is around half that amount. So sadly, I will have to replace the battery sooner than if I had used a CR2354. Since its now on a battery holder though, at least I don't have to re-solder it again.