TypeError: the JSON object must be str, not 'bytes'

Python3.5加载json文件，这一行代码总是提示错误，TypeError: the JSON object must be str, not 'bytes'搜索了很多博客，尝试了更改f.encode('utf-8')，照样报错，常规的方法解决不了问题。

有问题的代码：

# read json data
    with open(args.recog_json, 'rb') as f:
        js = json.load(f)['utts']

后来单独测试json文件，最终改为这样，解决问题：
with open(args.recog_json, 'r',encoding='utf-8') as f:

# read json data
    with open(args.recog_json, 'r',encoding='utf-8') as f:
        js = json.load(f)['utts']