The Institute of Philippine Culture (IPC) of the Ateneo de Manila University and the Center for Integrated Area Studies (CIAS) of Kyoto University jointly organized a two-day international conference-workshop titled “Toward Building a Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia.” Held at the Novotel Manila Araneta Center Hotel on March 2, and at Faber Hall of the Ateneo de Manila University on March 3, 2016, the Conference-Workshop was co-sponsored by two programs of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): the Core to Core Program and the Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers.