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Revision as of 01:21, 5 March 2024

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NEC Corporation
Type Public
Founded July 17, 1899
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key people Kunihiko Iwadare, founder
Takeshiro Maeda, founder
Industry Retro video games
Products Video games, video game consoles
Number of people not disclosed
Website https://www.nec.com/

NEC Corporation (日本電気株式会社, Nippon Denki Kabushiki-gaisha, "Japan Electric Corporation") is a Japanese information technology and electronics company.

History

Kunihiko Iwadare and Takeshiro Maeda founded Nippon Electric Limited Partnership on August 31, 1898.

On July 17, 1899, the revised treaty between Japan and the United States went into effect. As a result, on the same day, Nippon Electric Company, Limited was established with Western Electric Company to become the first Japanese joint-venture with foreign capital.