Exhibit 99.1



PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE USE OCTOBER 05, 2006

PRESS CONTACTS:
In Japan                                     In the U.S.
Diane Foley                                  Kosuke Yamauchi
81-3-3798-6511                               212-326-2504
d-foley@ax.jp.nec.com                        k-yamauchi@ce.jp.nec.com


               NEC RECEIVES STAFF DETERMINATION LETTER FROM NASDAQ

TOKYO, OCTOBER 5, 2006 ---- NEC Corporation ("NEC") announced that it received a
Staff Determination letter on October 2, 2006 from The Nasdaq Stock Market
("NASDAQ") indicating that as NASDAQ has not received NEC's annual report on
Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (the "2006 Form 20-F"), NEC
fails to comply with the filing requirement for continued listing set forth in
NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4320(e)(12), and that NEC's American Depositary Shares
("ADSs") are, therefore, subject to delisting from The Nasdaq Global Select
Market. NEC intends to request a hearing before a Nasdaq Listing Qualifications
Panel (the "Panel") to review the Staff Determination. NEC's ADSs will remain
listed pending the issuance of a Panel decision. There can be no assurance the
Panel will grant NEC's request for continued listing.

Previously, NEC notified that it would delay the filing of its 2006 Form 20-F
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The delay in the filing of the
2006 Form 20-F is principally the result of the need for further analysis to
support recognition of revenue from maintenance and support services provided as
part of multiple element arrangements with respect to IT solutions.
Specifically, NEC has been unable to gather the data necessary to complete the
audit with respect to the vendor specific objective evidence of the relative
fair value of maintenance and support services. This compilation and analysis
must be completed in order for NEC's outside auditor to complete the audits
under U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board standards of NEC's
consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2006 and NEC's restated consolidated financial statements for prior years.

NEC is working diligently to complete and file its 2006 Form 20-F as promptly as
possible.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS:

THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS PERTAINING TO STRATEGIES,
FINANCIAL TARGETS, TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
OF NEC CORPORATION AND ITS CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES (COLLECTIVELY "NEC").
WRITTEN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS MAY APPEAR IN

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OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT NEC FILES WITH STOCK EXCHANGES OR REGULATORY AUTHORITIES,
SUCH AS THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND IN REPORTS TO
SHAREHOLDERS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS. THE U.S. PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION
REFORM ACT OF 1995 CONTAINS, AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS MAY CONTAIN, A
SAFE-HARBOR FOR FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, ON WHICH NEC RELIES IN MAKING THESE
DISCLOSURES. SOME OF THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE USE
OF FORWARD-LOOKING WORDS SUCH AS "BELIEVES," "EXPECTS," "MAY," "WILL," "SHOULD,"
"SEEKS," "INTENDS," "PLANS," "ESTIMATES," "AIMS," OR "ANTICIPATES," OR THE
NEGATIVE OF THOSE WORDS, OR OTHER COMPARABLE WORDS OR PHRASES. YOU CAN ALSO
IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS BY DISCUSSIONS OF STRATEGY, BELIEFS, PLANS,
TARGETS, OR INTENTIONS. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS NECESSARILY DEPEND ON
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ASSUMPTIONS, DATA, OR METHODS THAT MAY BE INCORRECT OR
IMPRECISE AND NEC MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REALIZE THE RESULTS EXPECTED BY THEM. YOU
SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH REFLECT
NEC'S ANALYSIS AND EXPECTATIONS ONLY. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT
GUARANTEES OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE AND INVOLVE INHERENT RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES. A
NUMBER OF IMPORTANT FACTORS COULD CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM
THOSE IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. AMONG THE FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE
ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM SUCH STATEMENTS INCLUDE (I) GLOBAL
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND GENERAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN NEC'S MARKETS, (II)
FLUCTUATING DEMAND FOR, AND COMPETITIVE PRICING PRESSURE ON, NEC'S PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES, (III) NEC'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO WIN ACCEPTANCE OF NEC'S PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES IN HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MARKETS, (IV) NEC'S ABILITY TO EXPAND INTO
FOREIGN MARKETS, SUCH AS CHINA, (V) REGULATORY CHANGE AND UNCERTAINTY AND
POTENTIAL LEGAL LIABILITY RELATING TO NEC'S BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS, (VI) NEC'S
ABILITY TO RESTRUCTURE, OR OTHERWISE ADJUST, ITS OPERATIONS TO REFLECT CHANGING
MARKET CONDITIONS, AND (VII) MOVEMENT OF CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES, PARTICULARLY
THE RATE BETWEEN THE YEN AND THE U.S. DOLLAR. ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THEY ARE MADE. 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. NEC DOES NOT UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO UPDATE OR
REVISE ANY OF THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF NEW
INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS, OR OTHERWISE.


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