Two Japanese men were critically wounded in a shooting attack in Manila's Makati financial district, police said Sunday.

Masahiko Nakashima, 48, and Takayuki Segawa, 37, were shot by two men riding a motorcycle shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday outside Nakashima's karaoke bar, the police said.

Nakashima was wounded in the neck while Segawa, a friend visiting from Japan, was wounded in the abdomen, the police said.

The attackers fled after the attack, the police said. Nakashima and Segawa were listed in stable condition at a local hospital.