Having been married twice to Thai ladies, and once to a Pinay, I can sure relate.
The Thai wives referred to their chronic lateness as being on "Thai Time." A term I heard daily when I lived there.
The Pinay suffered from the same lateness gene, but called it "Philippine time."
An appointment in either country really meant, 'maybe today, or tomorrow.'
I've heard the Japanese are Western like in their timeliness. How about the Chinese?
Irony of ironies. FR timed out on my answers. Computers gotta be impatient.