August 22 to 23, 2015, The 8th Urban and Regional Sustainable Management Under Disaster and Environmental Risks Sino-Japan Joint Workshop was successfully held in Japan Kumamoto University. The meeting was jointly organized by the Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University, Japan and Beijing Institute of Technology Schoool of Management and Economics, and hosted by Kumamoto University Disaster Prevention Research Center. More than 60 students and teachers From Kyoto University, Kumamoto University, Japan Kwansei Gakuin University, Tohoku University, China Beijing Institute of Technology, Tsinghua University, Hunan University, Jiangsu University, and Sichuan Normal University attended the meeting.