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.

def load_json(filename, **kwargs):
    """
    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.
    """

    with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
        return json.load(f, **kwargs)