His favorite office activity has landed Japanese mayor Morichika Saito in hot water.

The mayor of Iizuka City in the Fukuoka prefecture found himself, along with Deputy Mayor Hideaki Tanaka, in the middle of a public backlash after reports surfaced that he was playing mahjong “during the office hours of general employees,” Japanese daily The Mainichi reported.

Saito admitted he had been gambling “since becoming mayor in 2006,” but the mayor said “the only time he did so during weekday daylight hours was one time in January” 2016. Tanaka, meanwhile, has reportedly been gambling “during the day on weekdays for some years now.”

According to reports, the two bet around JPY10,000 (USD87.63) per day. Among their co-players was a funeral business operator who was selected to manage one of the city’s public facilities starting this April.