Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na February 18, 2011 (ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya nke 78), Ono wepụtara mgbasa ozi zuru ezu na akwụkwọ akụkọ UK n'efu "Metro" maka "Cheedị Peace 2011". O weere ụdị akwụkwọ ozi a na-emeghe emeghe, na-akpọ ndị mmadụ òkù iche echiche banyere, na inwe ọchịchọ maka, udo. Ya na nwa ya nwoke bụ Sean, o mere mmemme ebere iji nyere aka n'ọrụ enyemaka maka
ala ọma jijiji na tsunami bibiri Japan na March 27 na New York City. Mgbalị ahụ wetara ngụkọta nke $33,000. Na July 2011, ọ gara Japan iji kwado ndị ala ọma jijiji na tsunami metụtara na njem nleta na mba ahụ. N'oge nleta ya, Ono nyere nkuzi na ihe ngosi akpọrọ "The Road of Hope" na Tokyo's Mori Art Museum, n'oge ọ na-ese nnukwu akwụkwọ edemede akpọrọ "Dream" iji nyere aka kpata ego maka owuwu nke Rainbow House, ụlọ ọrụ maka ụmụ mgbei nke Great East Japan ala ọma jijiji. Ọ chịkọtakwara 8th Hiroshima Art Prize maka onyinye ya na nka na udo, nke e nyere ya n'afọ gara aga.