2011 MTV Video Music Aid Japan

{{Infobox award

| name = 2011 MTV Video Music Aid Japan

| image = Vmaj2011.gif

| date = June 25, 2011

| location = Makuhari Messe

| host = AKB48
Wei Son
Kozue Akimoto, Marie Ishikawa, Shion Miyawaki {{small|from Shibuhara Girls}}[http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/5666277/ "Popular model: 'It's my treasure', Wei Son hugged by and photographed with Lady Gaga"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121033956/http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/5666277/ |date=November 21, 2011 }}, June 27, 2011, Livedoor News {{in lang|ja}}

| network = MTV Japan

| previous = 2010

| main = {{nowrap|MTV Video Music
Awards Japan}}

| next = 2012

}}

The 2011 MTV Video Music Aid Japan were held in Chiba on June 25, 2011, at the Makuhari Messe.{{cite web|title=International music event will go live on June 25, 2011 to benefit the Japanese Red Cross|publisher=MTV Asia|url=http://www.mtvasia.com/news/vmaj-video-music-aid-japan/|date=April 1, 2011|accessdate=April 1, 2011|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001801/http://www.mtvasia.com/news/vmaj-video-music-aid-japan/|url-status=dead}} The VMAJ were the culmination of MTV Japan's Music of Hope campaign, the channel's multiplatform response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.{{cite web|title=TENTH ANNUAL MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN TO BECOME MTV VIDEO MUSIC AID JAPAN |publisher=MTV Japan |url=http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj/en/2011-04-26/4550 |date=April 26, 2011 |accessdate=May 13, 2011 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512020811/http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj/en/2011-04-26/4550 |archivedate=May 12, 2011 |df= }} The 2011 awards were marked the ten-year anniversary of the MTV Video Music Awards Japan.

On May 1, a pre-event to promote the awards was held, starting at 4 pm (JST) at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. Performers included the singer Nishino Kana and the boy band MBLAQ.{{cite web|title=MBLAQ and Nishino Kana to perform for MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2011 |publisher=koreaboo.com |url=http://www.koreaboo.com/index.html/_/general/mblaq-and-nishino-kana-to-perform-for-mtv-video-r3807 |date=February 20, 2010 |accessdate=April 1, 2010 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315182521/http://www.koreaboo.com/index.html/_/general/mblaq-and-nishino-kana-to-perform-for-mtv-video-r3807 |archivedate=March 15, 2012 |df= }} Additionally, MTV Japan donated 10 Yens per vote to the Japanese Red Cross.{{cite web|title=ノミネート作品の投票がスタート！1票につき10円がMTVから寄付されます。 |publisher=MTV Japan |url=http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj/blog/ |date=May 2, 2011 |accessdate=May 13, 2011 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527035153/http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj/blog/ |archivedate=May 27, 2011 |df= }}

Lady Gaga opened the show trapped in a giant spider web for her performance of "The Edge of Glory", the latest single from her third album Born This Way. Later, Gaga climbed to the top of the stage to a custom-made spider-shaped piano inspired by Maman, the ten-metre Louise Bourgeois sculpture located in Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, and performed "Born This Way".

The winners were announced on July 2, on a special program. The big winner was Lady Gaga with three awards, including Video of the Year, Best Female Video and Best Dance Video.