How to import (and inline) JSON file in typescript file for browser target without module script tag?

[wereii]

Hello,
I am bundling/building a small website and using typescript (so parcel src/index.html with <script src="index.ts">).

When I try doing any variation of import someData from './someData.json' (import or require) I get error Browser scripts cannot have imports or exports. and Parcel then helpfully provides the note about Add the type="module" attribute to the <script> tag.

Though I do not need module/import stuff, I am using imports only for JSON files.

Is there a way to get Parcel to import (inline) JSON without requiring module script tag?
I am aware I could just fetch it at runtime but bundling it is more practical.

Thanks for any pointers

[wereii]

Stuff I tried:

1. According to this: https://parceljs.org/features/node-emulation/#inlining-fs.readfilesync
   Code like fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "./data.json"), "utf8"); should be inlined, at lest in *.js files - this does not work when bundling for browser (kind of expectable but still confusing).

2. import("./data.json")
   This kind of works but it's finnicky because it returns promises and requires ugly .then((m)=> {OUTSIDE_VAR = m})

I will be defaulting to runtime fetch but having this as a feature sounds good.