The 2011 MTV Video Music Aid Japan were held in Chiba on June 25, 2011, at the Makuhari Messe.

[2] 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.

[5] 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".

Lady Gaga — "Born This Way" Kana Nishino — To Love Bruno Mars — "Just the Way You Are" Lady Gaga — "Born This Way" Girls' Generation — "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris — "Baby" Tokio Hotel — "Dark Side of the Sun" Ikimono-gakari — "Arigatō" Rihanna — "Only Girl (In the World)" Eminem — "Not Afraid" Iyaz — "Replay" Lady Gaga — "Born This Way" Avril Lavigne — "Alice" (from Alice in Wonderland) Eminem featuring Rihanna — "Love the Way You Lie" Girls' Generation — "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)"