MITSUI & CO., LTD.
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FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Semiannual consolidated financial statements for the six-month period
ended September 30, 2003

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of December 19, 2003  

Commission File Number     09929     

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

2-1, Ohtemachi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004 Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

     
Form 20-F [X]   Form 40-F [   ]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):________

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):________

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

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]

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-____________

 


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Signatures
EXHIBITS
EX-1 SEMIANNUAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 19, 2003

         
    MITSUI & CO., LTD.
         
    By:   /s/ Tasuku Kondo
       
    Name:   Tasuku Kondo
    Title:   Executive Director
        Senior Executive Managing Officer
        Chief Financial Officer

 


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EXHIBITS

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1.   English translation of semiannual consolidated financial statements for the six-month period ended September 30, 2003, which were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and filed as part of the Semiannual Securities Report with the Director of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan on December 12, 2003.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

         
    Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
         
    By:   /s/ Tasuku Kondo
       
        Tasuku Kondo
        Executive Director
        Senior Executive Managing Officer
        Chief Financial Officer