Longing for bread in Japan (3)
I believe the answer is:
yen
'longing for' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yen that I've seen before include "Have a longing for Japanese money?" , "Japanese currency; yearning" , "change in East" , "Itch, desire" , "Unit of money in Japan" .)