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
22, 2004



Announcement
of Redemption of NEC Trust Originated Preferred Securities



NEC
Corporation ("NEC") has resolved at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held today that on June 21, 2004 it will redeem in
whole its NEC Corporation Unsecured
Subordinated Debentures due 2021 (the "Subordinated
Debentures") as the result of the occurrence of an Accounting
Event* as described in the terms and conditions of the Subordinated
Debentures, and it has today sent notification of such redemption to
NEC Business Trust, the issuer of the NEC Trust Originated Preferred
Securities.  NEC Business Trust holds the Subordinated Debentures as
investment assets acquired with the proceeds of the issuance of the
NEC Trust Originated Preferred Securities and the NEC Trust Common
Securities.



NEC
announces that, as a result of the early redemption of the
Subordinated Debentures, the NEC Trust Originated Preferred
Securities and the NEC Trust Common Securities issued by NEC Business
Trust will be redeemed in whole in accordance with its Declaration of
Trust on June 21, 2004, the same redemption date as the Subordinated
Debentures, as shown in the information below.



In
addition, NEC announces that in accordance with its Declaration of
Trust, NEC Business Trust will be dissolved upon the completion of
the redemption of the NEC Originated Trust Preferred Securities and
the NEC Trust Common Securities (expected to be in July, 2004).



1.
Securities to be redeemed by NEC

|(1)
				Security         | NEC
				Corporation Unsecured Subordinated Debentures due 2021
|------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------
|(2)
				Redemption Price | 100,001
				million yen plus accrued and unpaid interest      
|(3)
				Redemption Date  | June
				21, 2004 (Monday)                                    



2.
Securities to be redeemed by NEC Business Trust

|(1)
				Security                   | NEC
				Trust Originated Preferred Securities (200,000 securities)                                                                                                                                                                                
|---------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                   | NEC
				Trust Common Securities (2 securities)                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|(2)
				 Redemption Price          | NEC
				Trust Originated Preferred Securities: 100,000 million yen plus
				accumulated and unpaid distributions                                                                                                                                  
|                                   | NEC
				Trust Common Securities: 1 million yen plus accumulated and
				unpaid distributions                                                                                                                                                      
|                                   | The
				redemption price per security will be the face amount of the NEC
				Trust Originated Preferred Securities and the NEC Trust Common
				Securities (500,000 yen per security, respectively) plus
				accumulated and unpaid distributions.
|(3)
				Redemption Date            | June
				21, 2004 (Monday)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|(4)
				Record Date for Redemption | May
				27, 2004 (Thursday)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|(5)
				Expected Delisting Date    | May
				21, 2004 (Friday)                                                                                                                                                                                                                         



3.
				Summary Information of NEC Business Trust

|(1)
				Name                              | NEC
				Business Trust       
|----------------------------------------- | -----------------------------
|(2)
				Head Office                       | New
				York, NY, USA        
|(3)
				Representative Officer            | Jun
				Tada, Regular Trustee
|(4)
				Establishment Date                | November,
				2001           
|(5)
				Business                          | Investment
				Trust         
|(6)
				Capital                           | 100,001
				million yen      
|(7)
				Holder of Voting Rights and Ratio | NEC
								(100%)           



4.
				Expense Related to the Redemption of NEC Trust Originated
				Preferred Securities

NEC
had planned to amortize in its consolidated financial statements the
difference between the issue price (100,000 million yen) and the
proceeds at issuance (97,000 million yen) of the NEC Trust Originated
Preferred Securities (amounting to 3,000 million yen) over the five
year period from the issuance to the fiscal year ending March 31,
2007, but as a result of the redemption described herein the
scheduled amortization will be revised and the entire unamortized
balance of 1,600 million yen will be charged as of the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2004.



*Redemption
as a result of an Accounting Event

Pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the Subordinated Debentures, NEC has
the right to redeem the Subordinated Debentures at any time in the
event of the occurrence of certain accounting related events
unforeseen at the time of the issuance of the Subordinated Debentures
and the NEC Trust Originated Preferred Securities.  A recent change
in generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (US
GAAP) has altered the presentation of the NEC Trust Originated
Preferred Securities on the consolidated balance sheet of NEC as of
March 31, 2004, resulting in the occurrence of an Accounting Event.



Please
refer to "Notice of Redemption of NEC Trust Originated
Preferred Securities and Dissolution of the Trust"; and
"Redemption Procedures for NEC Trust Originated Preferred
Securities"; posted at the URL below regarding the redemption of
the NEC Trust Originated Preferred Securities.   For further details
regarding redemption procedures, please contact your securities
company.



URL
: http://www.nec.co.jp/ir/ja/