2011 mtv video music aid japan diadakan di chiba pada tanggal 25 juni 2011 di makuhari messe.
vmaj adalah puncak dari kampanye mtv jepang music of hope, respon multiplatform saluran ke 2011 thoku earthquake and tsunami.
2011 penghargaan yang menandai peringatan sepuluh tahun dari mtv video music awards jepang.
pada tanggal 1 mei, pra-acara untuk mempromosikan penghargaan diadakan, mulai jam 4 sore (jst) di yoyogi national gymnasium.
pelaku termasuk penyanyi nishino kana dan boy band mblaq.
selain itu, mtv jepang menyumbang 10 yen per vote ke palang merah jepang.
lady gaga membuka acara dengan terjebak dalam spider web raksasa untuk penampilannya dari "the edge of glory", singel terbaru dari album ketiga born this way, kemudian gaga naik ke atas panggung untuk piano custom-made berbentuk laba-laba yang terinspirasi oleh maman, sepuluh meter louise bourgeois patung yang terletak di roppongi hills di tokyo, dan ia menampilkan "born this way".
para pemenang diumumkan pada 2 juli pada program khusus.
pemenang besar adalah lady gaga dengan tiga penghargaan termasuk video of the year.
video of the year
namie amuro  "break it"
katy perry featuring snoop dogg  "california gurls"
lady gaga  "born this way"
girls' generation  "tell me your wish (genie)"
hikaru utada  "goodbye happiness"
album of the year
eminem  recovery
miliyah kato  heaven
linkin park  a thousand suns
kana nishino  to love
yui  holidays in the sun
best male video
bruno mars  "just the way you are"
kanye west featuring pusha t  "runaway"
saito kazuyoshi  "zutto suki datta"
shota shimizu  "you &
best female video
miliyah kato  "x.o.x.o."
lady gaga  "born this way"
rihanna  "only girl (in the world)"
taylor swift  "mine"
yui  "rain"
best group video
the black eyed peas  "the time (dirty bit)"
ikimono-gakari  "arigat"
linkin park  "the catalyst"
girls' generation  "tell me your wish (genie)"
w-inds  "let's get it on"
best new artist
b.o.b featuring bruno mars  "nothin' on you"
justin bieber featuring ludacris  "baby"
naoto inti raymi  "takaramono (kono koe ga naku naru made)"
sendaime j soul brothers  "on your mark (hikari no kiseki)"
shinsei kamattechan  "michinaru hou e"
best rock video
linkin park  "the catalyst"
one ok rock  "jibun rock"
radwimps  "dada"
tokio hotel  "dark side of the sun"
vampire weekend  "cousins"
best pop video
ikimono-gakari  "arigat"
juju  "kono yoru o tomete yo"
katy perry featuring snoop dogg  "california gurls"
kana nishino  "kimi tte"
taylor swift  "mine"
best r&b video
ai  "nemurenai machi"
miliyah kato  "x.o.x.o."
ne-yo  "champagne life"
rihanna  "only girl (in the world)"
usher featuring will.i.am  "omg"
best hip-hop video
ak-69  "public enemy"
eminem  "not afraid"
far east movement featuring cataracs dan dev  "like a g6"
kanye west  "power"
seeda  "this is how we do it"
best reggae video
fire ball  "dreamer"
han-kun  "touch the sky"
iyaz  "replay"
nas and damian marley  "as we enter"
ryo the skywalker  "taiyou ni naritai yo"
best dance video
dorian  "morning calling"
lady gaga  "born this way"
mark ronson &
the business intl. featuring q-tip dan mndr  "bang bang bang"
the backwoods  "flying bugz"
underworld  "always loved a film"
best video from a film
asian kungfu generation  "solanin" (dari solanin)
avril lavigne  "alice" (dari alice in wonderland)
daft punk  "derezzed" (dari tron: legacy)
flumpool  "kimi ni todoke" (dari kimi ni todoke)
justin bieber featuring jaden smith  "never say never" (dari the karate kid)
ai featuring namie amuro  "fake"
brahman/ego-wrappin'  "we are here"
eminem featuring rihanna  "love the way you lie"
katy perry featuring snoop dogg  "california gurls"
nicki minaj featuring will.i.am  "check it out"
avril lavigne  "alice"
ikimono-gakari  "arigat"
justin bieber featuring ludacris  "baby"
kana nishino  "kimi tte"
girls' generation  "tell me your wish (genie)"
lady gaga  "the edge of glory / born this way"
akb48  "beginner / everyday, kachsha / heavy rotation"
girls' generation  "the great escape / mr.
shinee  "replay (kimi wa boku no everything)"
monkey majik "mahou no kotoba"
one night only  "can you feel it tonight"
namie amuro featuring ai dan anna tsuchiya  "wonder women"
kana nishino  "esperanza / kimi tte"
tokio hotel  "dark side of the sun / monsoon"
exile  "victory / i wish for you"
naoto inti raymi
the shibuhara girls
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