Do you remember the Friends episode where Joey Tribbiani poses for a health poster, but later finds out he’s become the V.D. poster boy?

VD, you never know you might have it.

Well, Japan’s largest adult video (AV) studio, Soft On Demand (SOD) (yeah, I know, the studio name is a story unto itself – I mean, if you are a porn subscriber then the name of the studio isn’t very inspiring), has been running their own campaign against sexually transmitted disease called “STOP! STD”.

The “STOP! STD” campaign is to bring attention to the rise of STDs in Japan and to increase the use of condoms. It features JAV stars like Nana Natsume, Saori Hara and Sasa Handa on large billboards sub-titled “STOP! STD”.

Some images from the campaign are below, but I really wonder what the actual message is supposed to be. Is it:

• An appeal from the porn star to protect her from contracting an STD
• The porn star has an STD but she is making an appeal for you to save yourself!
• A general public awareness message that assumes that porn stars are the most qualified to deliver

For the conspiracists out there, do you think that because the “STOP! STD” sub-title is in English and “STD” is not common Japanese vernacular, it is a message for dirty gaijin’s to stop embellishing in perverted sexual practices?

Nana Natsume 「夏目ナナ」

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From Season 10 Episode 06 of Friends – The One With Ross’s Grant – Joey Tribbiani appears in a Japanese Lipstick for Men commercial. Saiko!

Chandler’s ad agency gets a new account and Joey wants Chandler to get him in the commercial. Chandler doesn’t think he’s right for the part, so Joey gives him a video tape containing a sample of his commercial work. Chandler doesn’t watch it, but lies that he did. Joey realizes the truth because Chandler never says anything about his Japanese “Ichiban: Lipstick for men” commercial.