That's just fine. [She honors her family name and doesn't dislike it. But her brother was the head of household, and it's him that she's mourning over right now. For now, she really just prefers her given name.]
It is. I live in Northern Japan. [Most don't always recognize the cities and names, though-- it differs from different worlds, apparently, so she leaves it at that.]
I've noticed that there's a small portion of Japanese speaking individuals here. The others tend to speak English, but there's plenty of places and languages I don't recognize.