Cannot import / require json files in javascript projects with checkJs enabled

config.json

{
  "name": "Lekhnath Rijal"
}

index.js

const config = require('./config.json');

jsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "checkJs": true,
    "module": "commonjs",
    "baseUrl": "./",
    "target": "es5",
    "lib": [
      "es6"
    ]
  }
}