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 July 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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Consolidated
Financial Results for the First Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending
March 31, 2005


I.
Consolidated Financial Results



|                               | Three
					months ended June 30, 2004 | Three
				months ended June 30, 2003 | % Change
|------------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | --------
|                               | In billions of yen                    | In billions of yen                   | %       
|Net
				sales                  | 1,056.1                               | 1,030.7                              | +2.5    
|Operating
				income           | 16.5                                  | 12.0                                 | +37.3   
|Income
				before income taxes | 40.3                                  | 9.8                                  | +308.2  
|Net
				income                 | 20.9                                  | 0.7                                  | -       
|                               | Yen                                   | Yen                                  | Yen     
|Net
				income per share:      |                                       |                                      |         
|Basic                          | 10.87                                 | 0.42                                 | +10.45  
|Diluted                        | 10.08                                 | 0.40                                 | +9.68   

|                         | As
				of June 30,2004 | As
				of March 31, 2004 | Increase
(Decrease)
|------------------------ | ---------------------- | ------------------------ | -------------------
|                         | In billions of yen     | In billions of yen       | %                  
|Total
				assets         | 3,974.4                | 4,044.3                  | (1.7)              
|Shareholders'
				equity | 721.2                  | 711.4                    | 1.4                

(Notes)

1. The
	consolidated financial statements of NEC are prepared in accordance
	with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States,
	or U.S. GAAP.
2. Number
	of consolidated subsidiaries and affiliated companies accounted for
	by the equity method is as follows:

|                                                           | As
			of June 30, 2004 | As
			of March 31, 2004 | As
			of June 30, 2003
|---------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------
|Consolidated
			subsidiaries                               | 200                    | 195                     | 194                   
|Affiliated
			companies accounted for by the equity method | 44                     | 44                      | 17                    



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II.
Business Results



<1>
	Overview of the First Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31,
	2005 (three months ended June 30, 2004)



During
the three months ended June 30, 2004 the Japanese economy saw gradual
improvement, and business recovered steadily.  This is principally
due to an increase in exports mainly to Asia, an increase in capital
expenditures as a result of an improvement in corporate earnings, and
moderate growth in consumer spending despite concern over the
influence of global interest rate movements on the economy, and
global instability caused by terrorism.



In
the electronics industry, the information technology ("IT")
and corporate network markets experienced improvement, and the
semiconductor market saw steady demand in semiconductors mainly for
digital audio visual ("AV") equipment and personal
computer ("PC") peripherals.  On the other hand, strong
customer requirements continued in the systems integration
("SI")/services field, and the Japanese mobile handset
market saw sluggish growth due to the product's high permeation
in the market and the decrease in demand by new users of
camera-equipped mobile handsets.  Due to these factors, the market
resulted in a mixed condition of stagnation and growth.



Amid
this business environment, positioning this fiscal year as the
implementation stage of its mid-term growth strategy announced in
October 2003, NEC has tackled the following management issues:

1) Strengthening
	of business execution capability.

2) Full
	scale expansion of solutions business based on networks.

3) Further
	expansion of mobile business.

4) Re-strengthening
	of platform business.



Specifically,
NEC established a Process Transformation Unit in April 2004, which
promoted total cost reduction enabled by cooperation among production
innovation, reduction of material costs, and development process
innovation.  In addition, efforts were taken to respond to
infrastructure investment toward new services and investment for
fixed-rate packet services by telecommunications operators in Japan.
Furthermore, NEC expanded its sales structure, announcing package
solutions, which have the integrated IT/network solution product
"UNIVERGE" at its core, in June 2004.



The
consolidated net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2004
amounted to 1,056.1 billion yen, an increase of 25.4 billion yen
(+3%) as compared with the corresponding period of the previous
fiscal year.  Amid a steady market, through the provision of
solutions that exploited NEC's competitive edge in IT and
networks etc., each segment enjoyed sales growth.  By segment, the IT
Solutions business increased by 7%, the Network Solutions business
increased by 3%, and the Electron Devices business increased by 9% as
compared with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year,
respectively.  This is partly a result of growth in inter-segment
sales between the IT Solutions and Network Solutions segments
accompanied by expansion in the integrated IT/network area.



Regarding
profitability, operating income, due to an increase in sales and a
reduction in selling, general and administrative expenses, improved
by 4.4 billion yen (+37%), amounting to 16.5 billion yen, as compared
with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.



Income
before income taxes improved by 30.4 billion yen, amounting to 40.3
billion yen, as compared with the corresponding period of the
previous fiscal year.  This is due to an improvement in operating
income, in addition to gain on transfer of marketable securities to
the pension trust and gain on sales of marketable securities for the
three months ended June 30, 2004.  Moreover, net income improved by
20.2 billion yen, amounting to 20.9 billion yen, as compared with the
corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.





<2>
	Results by business segments (including inter-segment
	transactions and profit/loss figures)



Sales
and segment profit of NEC's main segments were as follows
(figures in brackets denote increases or decreases as compared with
the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year):





IT
Solutions Business



Sales:						427.5
billion yen (+7%)

Segment
Profit:					13.7 billion yen (+8.2 billion yen)



Sales
for the IT Solutions business for the three months ended June 30,
2004 amounted to 427.5 billion yen, an increase of 7% as compared
with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.  Affected
by the recovery trend in IT investment in Japan, the SI/services,
computer platforms, and software areas experienced steady
performance.



Net
sales by products and services were as follows:

In the
area of SI/services, in addition to steady government-sector demand,
private-sector demand grew steadily, and sales increased by 13%,
amounting to 148.3 billion yen, as compared with the corresponding
period of the previous fiscal year.  In the area of computer
platforms, an increase mainly in server shipments due to large orders
received resulted in an increase in sales of 12%, amounting to 97.0
billion yen, as compared with the corresponding period of the
previous fiscal year.  Moreover, in the software area, through an
increase in software sales associated with the increase in server
shipments, sales increased by 28%, amounting to 20.5 billion yen, as
compared with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.
In contrast, in the area of personal solutions business, due to a
decrease in personal computer shipments in Japan, sales decreased by
3%, amounting to 161.7 billion yen, as compared with the
corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.



Regarding
profitability, due to an increase in profit accompanying growth in
sales in the SI/services area, and to an improvement in profitability
mainly by cost reduction of hardware products etc., segment profit
increased by 8.2 billion yen, amounting to 13.7 billion yen, as
compared with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.





Network
Solutions Business



Sales:						400.7
billion yen (+3%)

Segment
Profit:					10.9 billion yen (+0.3 billion yen)



Sales
for the Network Solutions business for the three months ended June
30, 2004 increased by 3%, amounting to 400.7 billion yen, as compared
with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.



Net
sales by products and services were as follows:

In the
area of broadband, due to shipments for the establishment of new
services by Japanese telecommunications operators, and steady
performance in enterprise business, sales increased by 26%, amounting
to 111.8 billion yen, as compared with the corresponding period of
the previous fiscal year.  In the mobile area, despite an increase in
sales in the mobile infrastructure business, as compared with the
corresponding period of the previous fiscal year, effected by
infrastructure building for the introduction of fixed-rate packet
communications services, sales in the overall mobile area decreased
by 3%, amounting to 241.1 billion yen, as compared with the
corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.  This is mainly due
to the fact that in the mobile terminal business, shipments of second
generation mobile handsets for the Japanese market, which were
especially popular during the previous year, decreased as compared
with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.  In the
area of social infrastructure, due to the saturation of demand for
digital terrestrial broadcasting systems in Japan sales decreased by
6%, amounting to 47.8 billion yen, as compared with the corresponding
period of the previous fiscal year.



Regarding
profitability, despite the negative influence of a decrease in mobile
handset shipments, there was an improvement in profitability mainly
seen in the broadband area due to policies undertaken to reduce
material costs and selling, general and administrative expenses.
This resulted in an increase in segment profit of 0.3 billion yen,
amounting to 10.9 billion yen, as compared with the corresponding
period of the previous fiscal year.





Electron
Devices Business



Sales:
						243.8 billion yen (+9%)

Segment
Profit:					15.6 billion yen (+5.0 billion yen)



Sales
for the Electron Devices business for the three months ended June 30,
2004 increased by 9%, amounting to 243.8 billion yen, as compared
with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.  This is
due to an increase in sales, amid a steady market background, in the
semiconductor business and in the display business mainly of color
liquid crystal displays ("LCDs").



Net
sales by products and services were as follows:

In the
area of semiconductors, despite a decrease in shipments due to the
transfer of DRAM production to Elpida Memory, Inc., as a result of
steady growth in semiconductors for digital AV products, PC
peripherals, and mobile handsets, sales amounted to 185.6 billion
yen, an increase of 4% as compared with the corresponding period of
the previous fiscal year.



In
the display area, due to steady demand in industry-type color LCDs,
sales amounted to 22.9 billion yen, an increase of 16% as compared
with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.  In the
area of electronic components and others, through steady growth in
electronic components for digital equipment sales increased by 31%,
amounting to 35.3 billion yen, as compared with the corresponding
period of the previous fiscal year.



Regarding
profitability, in addition to the increase in sales of
semiconductors, which form the core of the Electron Devices business,
through an improvement in profitability in the display area mainly of
color LCDs, segment profit increased by 5.0 billion yen, amounting to
15.6 billion yen, as compared with the corresponding period of the
previous fiscal year.





<3>
Cash Flows



Net
cash used in operating activities was 107.5 billion yen, a worsening
of 111.8 billion yen as compared with the corresponding period of the
previous fiscal year.  This is mainly due to an increase in the sum
of notes and accounts payable, as compared with the corresponding
period of the previous fiscal year, caused by an increase in
materials purchased in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2004.



Net
cash used in investment activities was 21.6 billion yen, an
improvement of 8.2 billon yen as compared with the corresponding
period of the previous fiscal year.  This is mainly due to an
increase in net proceeds from the sales of affiliates' stocks.
As a result, free cash flows (the total of cash flows from operating
activities and cash flows from investing activities) were cash
outflows of 129.2 billion yen, a worsening of 103.5 billion yen as
compared with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.



In
contrast, net cash provided by financing activities, mainly through
the issuance of convertible bonds by a subsidiary, amounted to 103.3
billion yen.  As a result, cash and cash equivalents amounted to
472.8 billion yen, an increase of 132.3 billion yen as compared with
the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.



In
addition, the balance of interest-bearing debt amounted to 1,283.0
billion yen due to the repayment of debt, a decrease of 225.0 billion
yen as compared with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal
year.  Moreover, this is an increase of 112.0 billion yen as compared
with the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, as a result of
the issuance ofconvertible bondsby a
subsidiary.

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**CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
  OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)**

|(In millions of yen,
  millions of U.S. dollars)          
|----------------------------------------------------------
|                                                          
|**Three months ended June 30**                            
|                                                          
|Net sales                                                 
|Cost of
  sales                                           
|Selling,
  general and administrative expenses            
|Operating
  income                                        
|                                                          
|Non-operating income                                      
|Interest
  and dividends                                  
|Other                                                     
|Non-operating
  expenses                                  
|Interest                                                  
|Other                                                     
|                                                          
|Income before income taxes                                
|                                                          
|Provision for income taxes                                
|Minority
  interest in income of consolidated subsidiaries
|Equity
  in earnings (losses) of affiliated companies     
|                                                          
|Net income                                                
|                                                          
|                                                          

(Note)
US
  dollar amounts are translated from yen, for convenience only, at the rate of
  US$1 = 109 yen.





**CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS**

|(In millions of
 yen, millions of U.S. dollars)              
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|                                                             
|                                                             
|                                                             
|Current
 assets                                              
|                                                             
|Cash
 and cash equivalents                                   
|Notes and accounts receivable, trade                         
|Inventories                                                  
|Other
 current assets                                        
|Long-term
 assets                                            
|                                                             
|Long-term
 receivables, trade                                
|Investments
 and advances                                    
|Property,
 plant and equipment                               
|Other
 assets                                                
|                                                             
|Total
 assets                                                
|                                                             
|                                                             
|Current
 liabilities                                         
|                                                             
|Short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt  
|Notes
 and accounts payable, trade                           
|Other
 current liabilities                                   
|Long-term
 liabilities                                       
|                                                             
|Long-term
 debt                                              
|Accrued pension and severance costs                          
|Other                                                        
|Minority shareholders' equity in consolidated subsidiaries   
|                                                             
|Preferred securities issued by a subsidiary                  
|                                                             
|Total
 shareholders' equity                                  
|                                                             
|Common
 stock                                                
|Additional
 paid-in capital                                  
|Retained
 earnings                                           
|Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)                
|Treasury stock                                               
|                                                             
|Total liabilities and shareholders' equity                   
|                                                             
|                                                             
|                                                             
|Interest-bearing
 debt (*1)                                  
|Net
 interest-bearing debt (*2)                              
|                                                             
|Shareholders'
 equity ratio (%) (*3)                         
|                                                             
|Debt-equity
 ratio (times) (*4)                              
|Net
 debt-equity ratio (times) (*4)                          
|                                                             
|                                                             
|Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) breakdown:     
|Foreign currency translation
 adjustments                    
|Minimum pension liability
 adjustment                        
|Unrealized gains(losses) on
 marketable securities           
|Unrealized gains(losses) on
 derivative financial instruments
|                                                             
|                                                             

(Notes)
*1 Interest-bearing debt is the sum of
 short-term borrowings, current portion of long-term debt and long-term debt.
*2 Net interest-bearing debt is
 interest-bearing debt less cash and cash equivalents.
*3 Shareholders' equity ratio is
 shareholders' equity divided by total assets. 
*4 Debt-equity ratio and net
 debt-equity ratio are interest-bearing debt and net interest-bearing debt
 divided by shareholders' equity, respectively.





**CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)**

|(In millions of yen,
  millions of U.S. dollars)                                                 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                                                                                 
|**Three months ended June 30**                                                                   
|                                                                                                 
|**I.  Cash flows from
  operating activities**                                                   
|Net
  income                                                                                     
|Adjustments
  to reconcile net income
    to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
|Depreciation                                                                                     
|Equity in (earnings)
  losses of affiliated
        companies, net of
  dividends                
|Decrease in notes and
  accounts receivable                                                      
|Increase in inventories                                                                          
|Decrease in notes and
  accounts payable                                                         
|Other, net                                                                                       
|                                                                                                 
|Net cash provided by (used in)
  operating activities                                            
|                                                                                                 
|**II. Cash flows from
  investing activities**                                                   
|Proceeds from sales of fixed
  assets                                                            
|Additions to fixed assets                                                                        
|Proceeds from sales of
  marketable securities                                                   
|Purchase of marketable
  securities                                                              
|Other, net                                                                                       
|                                                                                                 
|Net cash used in investing
  activities                                                          
|                                                                                                 
|Free cash
  flows ( I + II )                                                                     
|                                                                                                 
|**III. Cash flows from
  financing activities**                                                  
|Net
  proceeds from bonds and borrowings                                                         
|Dividends paid                                                                                   
|Other, net                                                                                       
|                                                                                                 
|**Net cash provided by financing
  activities**                                                  
|                                                                                                 
|**Effect
  of exchange rate changes
    on cash and cash equivalents**                           
|                                                                                                 
|**Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents**                                                    
|                                                                                                 
|**Cash and cash
  equivalents at beginning of period**                                           
|**Cash and cash equivalents
  at  end of period**                                                
|                                                                                                 
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**SEGMENT INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)**Business
  Segment Information

|(1) Net Sales
  (Including internal sales to other segments)
|------------------------------------------------------------
|(In millions of
  yen, millions of U.S. dollars)            
|                                                            
|**Three months ended June 30**                              
|                                                            
|IT
  Solutions business                                     
|Network Solutions
  business                                
|Electron Devices business                                   
|Others                                                      
|Eliminations                                                
|                                                            
|Consolidated
  total                                        
|                                                            

|(2) Segment
  Profit or Loss                    
|------------------------------------------------
|(In millions of
  yen, millions of U.S. dollars)
|                                                
|**Three months ended June 30**                  
|                                                
|IT
  Solutions business                         
|Network Solutions
  business                    
|Electron Devices business                       
|Others                                          
|Eliminations                                    
|Unallocated corporate
  expenses*               
|                                                
|                                                
|Other
  income                                  
|Other
  expenses                                
|                                                
|Consolidated
  income before income taxes       
|                                                

(Notes)
*  Corporate expenses
  include general corporate expenses and research and development expenses at
  NEC Corporation which are not allocated to any business segment.


|(3) Net Sales to External Customers             
|------------------------------------------------
|(In billions of yen, millions of U.S.
  dollars)
|                                                
|**Three months ended June 30**                  
|                                                
|IT
  Solutions business                         
|Domestic                                        
|Overseas                                        
|Network Solutions
  business                    
|Domestic                                        
|Overseas                                        
|Electron Devices business                       
|Domestic                                        
|Overseas                                        
|Others                                          
|Domestic                                        
|Overseas                                        
|Consolidated
  total                            
|Domestic                                        
|Overseas                                        

|(4) Net Sales
  by Products and Services (Including internal sales to other segments)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(In billions of yen, millions of U.S.
  dollars)                                     
|                                                                                     
|**Three months ended June 30**                                                       
|                                                                                     
|IT
  Solutions business                                                              
|SI / Services                                                                        
|Software                                                                             
|Computers
  / Platforms                                                              
|Personal
  Solutions                                                                 
|Network Solutions
  Business                                                         
|Broadband                                                                            
|Mobile                                                                               
|Social
  Infrastructure                                                              
|Electron Devices
  business                                                          
|Semiconductors                                                                       
|Displays                                                                             
|Electronic
  Components                                                              



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(Note)

"Operating
income" set forth above is a measure commonly used by companies
reporting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in Japan. Management believes this measure is useful to
investors in comparing NEC's results of operations to other
Japanese companies. This measure, however, should not be
construed as an alternative to "income before income taxes"
or "net income" as determined in accordance with U.S.
GAAP. Please refer to the condensed consolidated statement of
operations for the calculation of the operating income.

The statements in this
material with respect to the plans, strategies and forecasts of NEC
Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively "NEC")
are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties.
Moreover, the management targets included in this material are not
projections, and do not represent management's current
estimates of future performance. Rather, they represent targets
that management will strive to achieve through the successful
implementation of NEC's business strategies.



NEC cautions you in advance
that actual results could differ materially from such forward-looking
statements due to several factors. The important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements
include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions in NEC's
markets, which are primarily Japan, North America, Asia and Europe;
fluctuating demand for, and competitive pricing pressure on, NEC's
products and services in the marketplace; NEC's ability to
continue to win acceptance of its products and services in these
highly competitive markets; NEC's ability to expand into
foreign markets such as China; regulatory change and uncertainty and
potential legal liability relating to NEC's businesses and
operations; and movements in currency exchange rates, particularly
the rate between the yen and the U.S. dollar. Among other
factors, a worsening of the world economy resulting from the downturn
in the IT and telecommunications industries, a worsening of financial
conditions in the world markets, and a deterioration in the domestic
and overseas stock markets, would cause actual results to differ from
the forward-looking statements, including management's targets.



You should keep in mind
that any forward-looking statement made by NEC speaks only as of the
date on which NEC makes it. New risks and uncertainties come up
from time to time, and it is impossible for NEC to predict these
events or how they may affect NEC. In light of these risks and
uncertainties, you should keep in mind that any forward-looking
statement might not occur. Therefore, you should not place
undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Finally, NEC
cautions you that the statements made in this material are not an
offer of securities for sale. The securities may not be offered
or sold in any jurisdiction in which registration is required absent
registration or an exemption from registration under the applicable
securities laws. For example, any public offering of securities
to be made in the United States must be registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933 and made by means of an English language
prospectus that contains detailed information about NEC and
management, as well as NEC's financial statements.



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Contact: Diane Foley
Corporate Communications Division
NEC Corporation
+81-3-3798-6511