Pronouncing Japanese is much easier than Chinese since we have a subject like that in school...
But Japanese is kinda like Katakana? (or Hiragana?) since they were influenced by the Chinese (as far as i know)
For writing Katakana? / Hiragana? is kinda the same w/ Chinese (which is hard to memeorize)
It's easier to learn Hiragana for me because its strokes are made up of few strokes (curvy lines)... "