The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held on Saturday, May 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Awards
Winners are in bold text.
Video of the Year
Exile — "I Believe"
Album of the Year
Exile — Exile Love
Best Male Video
Ne-Yo — "Because of You"
Best Female Video
Fergie — "Big Girls Don't Cry"
Best Group Video
M-Flo Loves Emi Hinouchi, Ryohei, Emyli, Yoshika and Lisa — "Love Comes and Goes"
Best New Artist
Motohiro Hata — "Uroko"
Best Rock Video
Radwimps — "Order Made"
Best Pop Video
Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"
Best R&B Video
Namie Amuro — "Hide & Seek"
Best Hip-Hop Video
Soulja Boy — "Crank That"
Best Reggae Video
Shōnan no Kaze — "Suirenka"
Best Dance Video
The Chemical Brothers — "Do It Again"
Best Video From a Film
Hikaru Utada — "Beautiful World" (from Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone)
Best Collaboration
Kumi Koda featuring TVXQ — "Last Angel"
Best Karaokee! Song
Exile — "Toki no Kakera"
Red Hot Award
Infinity 16
Best buzz ASIA
Japan
Ai — "I'll Remember You"
- AAA — "Mirage"
- Double — "Spring Love"
- Micro — "Hana Uta"
- DJ Ozma — "Tokyo Boogie Back"
South Korea
Cherry Filter — "Feel It"
Taiwan
Andy Lau — "One"
Special awards
MTV Video Vanguard Award
Mariah Carey
MTV Rock The World Award
Takeshi Kobayashi and Kazutoshi Sakurai
Red carpet live
Guest celebrities