fix: use ESM-compatible JSON imports

[ehmicky]

Part of #3742

JSON imports are not available yet with pure ES modules without using experimental flags. As part of the ES modules migration, this PR refactors them so they are compatible.

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[lukasholzer]

LGTM 🎸

[lukasholzer]

nice todo :) 🚀