FORM
  6-K

SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON,
  D. C. 20549

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REPORT
  OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

Pursuant
  to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under 
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For
  the month of April 2004

Commission
  File Number: 000-12713

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NEC
  CORPORATION

(Translation
  of registrant's name into English)

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7-1,
  Shiba 5-chome 
  Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

(Address
  of principal executive offices)

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Indicate
  by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
  cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  [ X ]      Form 40-F [     ]

Indicate
  by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form,
  the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission
  pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes  [     ]      No
  [ X ]



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SIGNATURE



NEC
          CORPORATION(Registrant)By:
      
      /S/
              FUJIO OKADAFujio Okada
        General Manager, Legal Divison




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April
28, 2004



NEC
Announces Executive Personnel Changes

NEC
announced today that the board of directors made its recommendations
for executive appointments. The recommended appointments will be
effective as of June 22, 2004, as follows:



I.
Directors

|Recommended
				Title                                   | Name                   | Current
				Title           
|------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | ----------------------------
|Senior
					Vice President and Member
					of the Board | Kazuhiko
				Kobayashi | Executive
				Vice President
|Senior
					Vice President and Member
					of the Board | Konosuke
				Kashima   | Senior
				Vice President   
|Senior
					Vice President and Member
					of the Board | Yasuo
				Matoi        | Senior
				Vice President   
|Senior
					Vice President and Member
					of the Board | Iwao
				Fuchigami     | Senior
				Vice President   

|Name                 | Current
				Title                                                
|-------------------- | -----------------------------------------------------------------
|Mineo
				Sugiyama   | Senior
					Executive Vice President and Member
					of the Board
|Shigeo
				Matsumoto | Executive
					Vice President andMember
					of the Board        
|Yoshio
				Omori     | Executive
					Vice President andMember
					of the Board        
|Makoto
				Maruyama  | Senior
					Vice President andMember
					of the Board           

|Recommended
				Title                                             | Name                 | Current
				Title                                         
|----------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------
|Senior
					Executive VicePresident
					and Member of the Board  | Kaoru
				Yano       | Executive
					Vice President and Member
					of the Board
|Senior
					Executive Vice President
					and Member of the Board | Toshiro
				Kawamura | Executive
					Vice President and Member
					of the Board



II.
Corporate Auditors



Recommended
new appointments

|Recommended
				Title | Name                 | Current
				Title                                     
|--------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------
|Corporate
				Auditor | Shigeo
				Matsumoto | Executive
					Vice President and Member of the Board 
|Corporate
				Auditor | Muneo
				Shigematsu | Director
				and Member of the Board,  The Seiyu, Ltd.

|Name           | Current
				Title    
|-------------- | ---------------------
|Kenji
				Usui | Corporate
				Auditor

|Name                | New
				Title        
|------------------- | ---------------------
|Mineo
				Sugiyama  | Executive
				Advisor
|Yoshio
				Omori    | Advisor              
|Makoto
				Maruyama | Advisor              
|Kenji
				Usui      | Advisor              

|Kazuhiko
				Kobayashi |                                                            
|---------------------- | -----------------------------------------------------------
|Date
				of Birth:     | December
				30, 1943                                      
|Place
				of Birth:    | Nagano
				Prefecture                                      
|Education:             |                                                            
|March
				1967:        | Graduated
				from Tokyo University, Faculty of Engineering
|Business
				Career:   |                                                            
|April
				1967:        | Joined
				NEC Corporation                                 
|December
				1991:     | General
				Manager, 2nd Computers Division                
|June
				1997:         | Associate
				Senior Vice President                        
|April
				2000:        | Senior
				Vice President, NEC Solutions Company           
|April
				2002:        | Senior
				Vice President                                  
|                       | NEC
				Solutions Company Deputy President                 
|July
				2003:         | Executive
				Vice President                               



|Konosuke
				Kashima |                                                                                                     
|-------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Date
				of Birth:   | January
				30, 1946                                                                                
|Place
				of Birth:  | Hyogo
				Prefecture                                                                                
|Education:           |                                                                                                     
|March
				1969:      | Graduated
				from Kobe University of Commerce, Faculty of Economics and
				Business Administration
|Business
				Career: |                                                                                                     
|April
				1969:      | Joined
				NEC Corporation                                                                          
|October
				1998:    | General
				Manager, C&C Systems Group Planning Division                                            
|April
				2000:      | Associate
				Senior Vice President, NEC Solutions Company                                          
|October
				2002:    | Senior
				Vice President, NEC Solutions Company                                                    
|April
				2003:      | Senior
				Vice President                                                                           

|Yasuo
				Matoi      |                                                          
|-------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------
|Date
				of Birth:   | December
				26, 1944                                    
|Place
				of Birth:  | Hyogo
				Prefecture                                     
|Education:           |                                                          
|March
				1968:      | Graduated
				from Kyoto University, Faculty of Economics
|Business
				Career: |                                                          
|April
				1968:      | Joined
				NEC Corporation                               
|June
				1996:       | General
				Manager, 1st Controller Division             
|June
				2001:       | Associate
				Senior Vice President                      
|April
				2004:      | Senior
				Vice President                                



|Iwao
				Fuchigami   |                                                                                     
|-------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Date
				of Birth:   | March
				4, 1946                                                                   
|Place
				of Birth:  | Osaka
				Prefecture                                                                
|Education:           |                                                                                     
|March
				1969:      | Graduated
				from Osaka City University, Faculty of Business                       
|Business
				Career: |                                                                                     
|February
				1971:   | Joined
				NEC Corporation                                                          
|June
				1995:       | General
				Manager, 2nd Distribution and Service Industries SI Division            
|April
				2000:      | Executive
				General Manager, 3rd System Operations Unit, NEC Solutions
				Company
|June
				2001:       | Associate
				Senior Vice President, NEC Solutions Company                          
|April
				2004:      | Senior
				Vice President                                                           

|Shigeo
				Matsumoto |                                                          
|-------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------
|Date
				of Birth:   | December
				29, 1940                                    
|Place
				of Birth:  | Tokyo                                                    
|Education:           |                                                          
|March
				1963:      | Graduated
				from Tokyo University, Faculty of Economics
|Business
				Career: |                                                          
|April
				1963:      | Joined
				NEC Corporation                               
|July
				1990:       | General
				Manager, 1st Controller Division             
|June
				1991:       | Associate
				Senior Vice President                      
|June
				1996:       | Senior
				Vice President                                
|June
				1999:       | Executive
				Vice President                             
|June
				2000:       | Executive
				Vice President and Member of the Board     



|Muneo
				Shigematsu |                                                                                                                      
|-------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Date
				of Birth:   | February
				9, 1941                                                                                                 
|Place
				of Birth:  | Tokyo                                                                                                                
|Education:           |                                                                                                                      
|March
				1964:      | Graduated
				from Tokyo University, Faculty of Law                                                                  
|Business
				Career: |                                                                                                                      
|April
				1964:      | Joined
				Sumitomo Corporation                                                                                      
|April
				2001:      | Senior
				Managing Director and Member of the Board (General Manager of the
				Financial & Logistics Business Unit)
|June
				2002:       | Retired
				from the position of Director and Member of the Board, Sumitomo
				Corporation                          
|October
				2002:    | Vice
				President and Member of the Board, The Seiyu, Ltd.                                                          
|March
				2004:      | Director
				and Member of the Board, The Seiyu, Ltd.