East Asian currency (3)

I believe the answer is:

yen

(Other definitions for yen that I've seen before include "Intense desire for a Japanese coin" , "Japenese currency" , "money in Tokyo" , "Itch, desire" , "Intense longing" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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