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With the tainted Chinese milk scandal sending shivers down the backs of the world's consumer market, we look at why China has been plagued with so many food scandals, and what Japan can do to counter it.

This month's Music Media Watch takes a look at HearJapan, an English-language online music store dedicated to selling Japanese music. Also, a brief look at the case of the music companies monopoly on ringtones, as well as KDDI partnering with Yamaha to create a musical instrument/mobile phone plus other news.

It is a scientifically proven fact that regular exercise improves your immune system, stimulates the formation of new brain cells, reduces the likelihood of depression, conditions your heart and circulatory system, and endows you with general strength and stamina. Recently scientific journals have even discussed the possibility that regular exercise may slow down the progression of aging and prevalence to cancer, by altering levels of certain hormones, including sex hormones, and growth factors which can feed tumors and infections.