import numpy as np
import codecs, json 
 
a = np.arange(10).reshape(2,5) # a 2 by 5 array
b = a.tolist() # nested lists with same data, indices
file_path = "/path.json" ## your path variable
json.dump(b, codecs.open(file_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8'), separators=(',', ':'), sort_keys=True, indent=4) ### this saves the array in .json format

obj_text = codecs.open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8').read()
b_new = json.loads(obj_text)
a_new = np.array(b_new)