The Democratic Party of Japan is reconsidering its plan to form an alliance with New Komeito to gain power, DPJ lawmakers said Thursday.

Forming a coalition with New Komeito -- the Liberal Democratic Party's ruling coalition partner -- has been seen as the best way for the DPJ to overturn the LDP-led government. But many DPJ lawmakers now want the party to seek power through a majority of its own or alongside the Social Democratic Party, they said.

The lawmakers said they believe the party will have a better chance to win the next House of Representatives election, expected in about three years' time, by going it alone against the ruling coalition.