Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waFebruary 18, 2011 (zuva rake rekuzvarwa rechi78), Ono akaburitsa peji rakazara mupepanhau remahara reUK "Metro" re "Fungidzira Runyararo 2011". Rakatora chimiro chetsamba yakazaruka, ichikoka vanhu kufunga, uye kushuva, rugare. Iye nomwanakomana wake Sean, vakaita konzati yokubatsira vanhu kuti vabatsirwe pakadengenyeka nyika uye pakaitika tsunami muJapan
pana March 27 muNew York City. Nhamburiko yacho yakaunganidza hwerengedzo yemadhora 33 000. Muna Chikunguru 2011, akashanyira Japan kuti atsigire vanhu vakawirwa nekudengenyeka kwenyika uye tsunami uye kushanya kunyika iyi. Mukati mekushanya kwake, Ono akapa hurukuro uye chiitiko chakanzi "The Road of Hope" paTokyo's Mori Art Museum, panguva yaakapenda chidimbu chikuru chekunyora chinonzi "Dream" kubatsira kuunganidza mari yekuvaka Rainbow House, nzvimbo yenherera yeGreat East Japan kudengenyeka kwenyika. Akagamuchirawo mubairo wechi8 weHiroshima Art Prize pamusana pemipiro yake kuhunyanzvi uye rugare, iyo yaakapiwa gore rakapfuura.