Decode Json in MySQL query

[Sukhjinder K. Narula]

Hello,
I would like to know if there is a way to decode the json string stored in
one of the fields as text without using triggers or stored procedures.
What I want to do is is within the query, I would like to get one row per
element within the json string.
For example: the json string is as follow:

[
  {
    "name" : "Abc",
    "age" : "20"
  },
  {
    "name" : "Xyz",
    "age" : "18"
  }
]

and after query, I want result as:
Name                Age
Abc                   20
Xyz                   18


Would this be possible, I greatly appreciate any help regarding this
matter.

Many Thanks,
Sukhjinder