The IISE special study session entitled the “U.S.-China-Japan Relationship under the Obama Administration” was held at Kazan Kaikan with Mr. Yang Mingjie, Assistant to the President, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, attending as a special guest. Discussions with young researchers from the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, including Mr. Zhang Li, Director of the Center for Crisis Management Studies and Mr. He Zipping, Deputy Director, President's Office, both of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, were frank and productive. After an exchange of seemingly inexhaustible ideas and opinions, Mr. Xu Guoxiong, Special Assistant to the President of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations gave the closing speech to finish the symposium.