The 1999 issue of Pacific Rim Magazine includes cover stories "The Slithering Trade: The Secret Life of Black Market Reptiles," "Tales of B.C. Timber: From Gabriola's Posts and Beams to Japan's Building Booms and Busts," "Hockey Night in Japan," "West Coast Shipwrecks," "2000 reasons to Party," "East Timor Revisited," "The New Voice of Immersion," and "Kurosawa's Film Empire."