D E F E N S E O F J A PA N 2 0 2 0 Official SNS of the MOD/SDF You can inspect respective organizations’ research outcomes concerning security policy by accessing the following links. MOD official account ��� MOD official account ▲ MOD official channel ▲ ▲ Check other official SNS from here! Call for Essays Regarding Defense of Japan 2020 Essay Competition: Impressions upon Reading Defense of Japan 2020 Essay Competition: Impressions upon Reading Defense of Japan will be held just as last year. We are looking forward to receiving impressions upon reading the Defense of Japan from many people. Entry requirements are as below. Please see the website of the Ministry of Defense, too. Book for the essay competition Defense of Japan 2020 Application deadline Application method (1) Postal application Write only the text of your essay on up to 5 sheets of manuscript paper for 400 characters Write the following on other paper (free style) title of your essay your address your name with furigana your occupation your age your phone number E-mail address Send the two items above to the following address Section in charge of Defense of Japan Essay Competition, Policy Planning and Evaluation Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Defense 5-1 Ichigaya Honmuracho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8801 December 31 (Thu) 2020 (postmark deadline for postal applications) Award Essays will be selected for the following awards and recognized during March 2021 at the Ministry of Defense First Award Honorable certificate and extra prize (two tickets to both Fuji Fire Power Exercise and SDF Marching Festival) Award for Excellence Honorable certificate and extra prize (two tickets to either Fuji Fire Power Exercise or SDF Marching Festival) (2) Application through the MOD website Download the form and write the text of your essay (up to 2,000 characters). Upload the text using the application form and send the text after entering necessary items. See Part IV (p. 470) for details.