Ito-Yokado (株式会社イトーヨーカ堂 Kabushiki-gaisha Itō Yōkadō?) is a Japanese General Merchandise Store, part of Seven & I Holdings Co. The group has expanded to China, where they formed a joint venture with Wangfujing Department Store and China Huafu Trade & Development Group Corp. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. In Commerce, a hypermarket is a superstore which combines a Supermarket and a Department store. is a diversified Retail group headquarterd in Tokyo, Japan. Founded originally in 1920 as Ito Yokado, Seven & I is now the fifth largest retailer China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Wangfujing (王府井百货 is a Chinese Department store based in Beijing. to open one of five stores in Beijing. Currently 9 stores exist in Beijing and 3 more in Chengdu with plans to expand elsewhere. ( located in southwest People's Republic of China, is the capital of Sichuan province and a Sub-provincial city.