A summary for the October 28th, 2013 episode of Professional Work Style (プロフェッショナル 仕事の流儀) number 215 indicates that the CEO of The Pokémon Company Tsunekazu Ishihara (石原恒和) will be the focus of the show. The summary states that "This summer, Ishihara has been working on a completely unprecedented game. It's a new game that boldly tweaks the popular Pikachu character, but since this is a character that's been beloved for so many years, there's always a risk of it dropping in popularity if the tweaks are poorly done."

Exactly what this is referring to is not yet known, and it's possible it's just referring to the changes X and Y made to Pikachu. We will give further information on the subject when the show airs.


Source: http://www.nhk.or.jp/professional/schedule/index.html