code: def load_json(filename, **kwargs):
      
  
      with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
          return json.load(f, **kwargs)
docs: Load a JSON object from the specified file.
  
      Args:
          filename: Path to the input JSON file.
          **kwargs: Additional arguments to `json.load`.
  
      Returns:
          The object deserialized from JSON.