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    How to import *.json ?
As already answered you need Typescript >= 2.9 and the following settings in tsconfig.json:
{
  "resolveJsonModule": true,
  "esModuleInterop": true,
  "module": "commonjs"
}
But there are restrictions:
You must compile to CommonJS
All your imported JSONs must reside under the rootDir
Unfortunately the "rootDir" is very often a folder beneath package.json like './src' and things would fail.
So:
How to import package.json ? You can require it:
const pjson = require('../package.json');