A communication terminal for communicating with a counterpart communication terminal includes a receiver that receives image data including an eye image of a user operating the counterpart communication terminal from the counterpart communication terminal, the eye image of the user being captured at the counterpart communication terminal, and circuitry that specifies a sightline position indicating a sightline of the user based on the received image data including the eye image and controls a display to display sightline information indicating the sightline position of the user at the specified position.