Stanisław Matsumoto is a consultant and trainer specializing in Japanese culture. He graduated from Oriental Studies Institute at theUniversity of Warsaw, majoring in Japanese-Korean relations. Shortly before graduation he started his experience as a lecturer and also participated in cultural exchange programme for foreign students in Seoul, South Korea. After graduation he studied Japanese political history at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan. He also worked as an employee in Japanese trading company in Poland. Currently, as a Ph.D. Candidate and a lecturer in Faculty of Journalism and Political Studies at the University of Warsaw he specialises in International Relations in terms of Japanese contemporary history and politics.