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 May 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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May
10, 2004



NEC
Announces Executive Personnel Changes
(Additional Appointment and Changes to Previous Appointments)

NEC announced today that the board of directors made its recommendations for an additional
executive appointment that include changes in the previous appointments announced on April
28, 2004.  The recommended appointment and changes, effective as of June 22, 2004, are as follows:



I.
New Appointment and Changes

|Recommended
				Title                                   | Name            | Current
				Title        
|------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------
|Senior
					Vice President and Member
					of the Board | Saburo Takizawa | Senior
				Vice President

|Name               | Current
				Title              
|------------------ | -------------------------------
|Koji
				Nishigaki | Vice
					Chairman of the Board

Reference
New appointment of retiree executive

|Name               | New
				Title         
|------------------ | ----------------------
|Koji
				Nishigaki | Executive
					Advisor



II.
Reason for New Appointment and Changes

Koji Nishigaki, Vice Chairman of the Board,
has taken on the duties, such as instruction, advice and important decision-making on management
execution of NEC Group, including structural reforms.  The board of directors had intended to
re-appoint Mr. Nishigaki as Vice Chairman of the Board as from June this year in order to
make him continuously take on these duties.  However, Mr. Nishigaki had repeatedly requested
for retirement due to his worsening physical condition, and the board of directors has accepted such
request.  In accordance with Mr. Nishigaki's retirement, the board of directors has recommended
Saburo Takizawa, Senior Vice President, to be appointed for a position as Senior Vice President
and Member of the Board.

|Saburo
				Takizawa  |                                                                            
|-------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Date
				of Birth:   | February 27, 1948                                                          
|Place
				of Birth:  | Nagano
				Prefecture                                                      
|Education:           |                                                                            
|March
				1970:      | Graduated
				from Tohoku University, Faculty of Engineering               
|Business
				Career: |                                                                            
|April
				1970:      | Joined
				NEC Corporation                                                 
|July
				1997:       | General
				ManagerMultimedia Services Design and Operation Division       
|June
				2001:       | Executive General ManagerBIGLOBE Services Operations Unit
				NEC Solutions
|April
				2002:      | Associate Senior Vice President                                            
|April
				2004:      | Senior
				Vice President                                                  





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Contact:Makoto MiyakawaGroup ManagerCorporate
Communication DivisionNEC Corporation
TEL:+81-3-3798-6511