Below is the list of foreign delegations attending the 21st Congress of the Japanese Communist Party, held between 22 and 26 September 1997.
Cuba: Communist Party of Cuba Alberto Rodriguez Arufe, Vice Chief of Department of International Relations El Salvador: Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front: Hector Acevedo Moreno, Secretary for Art and Culture, Vice Secretary for International Relations France: French Communist Party Paul Lespagnol, Secretariat Member Germany: Party of Democratic Socialism Helmut Scholz, Coordinator of Peace and International Policy Working Group India: Communist Party of India A.B. Bardhan, General Secretary Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury, Politburo Member Italy: Communist Refoundation Party Claudio Grassi, National Secretariat Member Jordan: Jordanian Communist Party Amal Naffa, Politburo Member, Chief Editor of al-Jamahir Laos: Lao People's Revolutionary Party Thongsay Bodhisane, Ambassador to Japan Mexico: Cardenist Party Teresa Pandura, National Secretary of Finance Guillermo Andrade, Central Committee Member Portugal: Portuguese Communist Party Albano Nunes, Secretariat Members, Head of International Department Spain: Communist Party of Spain/United Left Angela Sierra González, Member of the European Parliament Sweden: Left Party Jonas Sjöstedt, Member of the European Parliament United States: Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism Zachary Robinson, National Executive Committee Member Vietnam: Communist Party of Vietnam Pham The Duyet, Political Bureau Member Pham Van Choung, Vice Chairman of the External Relations Commission Doan Ngoc Canh, Head of Department of the External Relations Commission
Moreover, the following guests participated as individuals: John Manning (USA), Ole Korpeitan (Norway), Francisco Nemenzo (Philippines) and Gilma Camargo (Panama).
Messages to the congress were sent from Bangladesh: Workers Party of Bangladesh Cuba: Communist Party of Cuba Cyprus: Progressive Party of Working People Czech Republic: Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia El Salvador: Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front Germany: German Communist Party Greece: Communist Party of Greece Hungary: Workers Party India: Communist Party of India India: Communist Party of India (Marxist) Laos: Lao People's Revolutionary Party New Zealand: Peace Council of Aotearoa-New Zealand, Inc. Philippines: Akbayan Philippines: BISIG Portugal: Portuguese Communist Party Russian Federation: International Association of Scholars for Democracy and Socialism Slovakia: Communist Party of Slovakia Sri Lanka: Communist Party of Sri Lanka Sudan: Sudanese Communist Party Switzerland: Swiss Party of Labour Vietnam: Communist Party of Vietnam
References Japanese Communist Party, For a Democratic Government in Japan in 21st Century, Japanese Communist Party 21st Congress. Tokyo: Japan Press Service, 1997.